Quentin Grafton, Ana Manero, Long Chu & Paul Wyrwoll (The Australian National University) What’s the value of water? Is that value reflected in the price we pay for it? It’s probably not something many of us think about. Like death and taxes, water bills are just...
For many Canadians, turning on the tap and filling up the glass doesn’t seem like a huge deal, but for others like those in Canada’s Indigenous communities, it’s not that simple. Indigenous First Nations communities in Canada have been grappling with the issue of...
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Quentin Grafton, Professor of Economics and Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance at the Australian National University (ANU), presents: Responding to the World Water...
A desktop investigation unravelling the operational decisions that preceded the death of 20 million fish by Megan Williams and Dan Schulz Compiled by John Williams, FTSE Honorary Professor, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy Former Commissioner, NSW Natural...
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Iraq is running out of water since water levels in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have dropped by half. Iraq’s government blames upstream water use by its neighbours as the primary culprit but has been criticised for not taking any steps at climate mitigation or...
R. Quentin Grafton (Australian National University, Australia), Asit K. Biswas (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom), Hilmer Bosch (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), Safa Fanaian (Australian National University, Australia), Joyeeta Gupta (University of...
Goals, progress and priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977 to New York in 2023 UN 2023 Water Conference, UN Headquarters, New York, 22-24 March 2023 Access at ResearchGate a free preprint/draft of the article ‘Goals, progress and priorities from Mar del Plata in 1977...
“South Africa is one of the world’s driest countries, receiving approximately one-quarter of average levels of rainfall, with most precipitation confined to small areas of the country.” This video from the Natural Resource Stewardship Programme discusses how they are...