An Australian story QUENTIN GRAFTON As world leaders prepare to meet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the Australian Government must take meaningful action to address the climate change-induced water crisis that’s already unfolding, Quentin...
The Water Justice Hub, Australian National University, ANU One of Australia’s most significant rivers, the Barka (Lower Darling), is in crisis. People and ecosystems are suffering, and the situation seems only to deteriorate further with every passing season. The...
Quentin Grafton (Australian National University, Australia), Safa Fanaian (University of Oxford, UK), Gabriela Sacco (Institute for Global Dialogue and Culture of Encounter, Argentina) and Luis Liberman (Instituto Universitario del Agua y el Saneamiento, Argentina)...
By Kat Taylor, Water Justice Hub, Australian National University Australians say we want water security. But what is it? This simple term hides different meanings. Beneath the ‘water security’ rhetoric are water winners and water losers. As the climate dries,...
In this film by American Rivers and Swiftwater Films, Indigenous leaders share why removing four dams to restore a healthy Klamath River is critical for clean water, food sovereignty and justice. “This river is our umbilical cord. What feeds us, what nurtures us. This...
A story 65,000-plus years in the making — the Nyikina Dreaming of Woonyoomboo — has been created in an interactive multimedia e-book for Nyikina young people before some locations are potentially damaged by development.Gooniyandi woman Helen Malo and Walmajarri man...
First Nations communities in Canada pursue clean drinking water through the courts. Find out more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-first-nations-communities-pursue-clean-drinking-water-through-the/ Photo by Global Water Forum’s Flickr WARNINGS: These...
Meet the Aboriginal family fighting to save the Murray-Darling Basin. Watch the video on SBS: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1820071491897/meet-the-aboriginal-family-fighting-to-save-the-murray-darling-basin Source: SBS WARNINGS: These stories may contain...
By Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University, USA. Ten years ago, the global community formally recognized a universal human right to water in a United Nations resolution. While a major milestone in the effort to secure adequate freshwater for all people globally,...
Learn the Martuwarra Fitzroy River’s stories, from its First Nation’s People. There are nine stories to watch including Selina’s story and Hozaus’s story. Selina reflects on the importance of protecting the Martuwarra Fitzroy River for future generations and Hozaus...