The Water Justice Hub was formally established on 14 October 2019 as an initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance at the Australian National University. The Hub is supported by a five-year Australian Research Council research...
The Middle East is currently contending with widespread water shortages, and Iraq is no exception. While the country undoubtedly faces major challenges from climate change, poor water management and mismanaged human interventions are also to blame for the droughts...
In the second episode of the Water Justice Hub Researcher’s series, we talk with Dr. John Williams. John is an Emeritus Professor and research associate at the Australian National University and a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. He has...
The Mekong river is one of the most important waterways in the world. Running through six countries and acting as a source of food and income for millions of people, the Mekong is vital for the future of communities and counties throughout South-East Asia. However,...
On the first of our Water Justice Hub Researcher’s series, we talk with Dr. Anne Poelina: Chair of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council, Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Nulungu Research Institute at the University of Notre Dame and Managing...
In 2017 & 2018, Cape Town went through one of the worst water crises in the city’s history. As the city approached ‘Day Zero’, when it would effectively run out of water, many residents experienced the danger of climate change induced drought on a massive scale....
For many Indigenous Americans, water is a sacred, necessary aspect of their culture. However, today, many tribes are having to wrestle with increasingly polluted waterways due to poor or misguided government regulations. In this talk, Indigenous American legal scholar...