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The Price and Value of Water
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...
WaterTalk: Quentin Grafton
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 referee report on 2023 Menindee Mass Fish Kill: How it happened
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...
Scoping Solidarity, Societal Dialogues on Water Justice
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2023 Menindee Mass Fish Kill: How it happened
A desktop investigation unravelling the operational decisions that preceded the death of 20 million fish by Megan Williams and Dan Schulz [pdf-embedder...
How long does it take to fix a world water crisis (46 years and counting…)?
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...
Media release
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...
Scoping Solidarity – Societal Dialogues – for Water Justice
UN 2023 Water Conference Side Events
We invite First Nations and faith leaders, scientists and policymakers, universities, global networks, and local communities to a process of storytelling, designed to generate transformative commitments for water action with people from around the world.
Art, Voice & Justice Exhibition: ‘Aquawhen III?’
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 Laureate...
Record flooding in Kimberley causes widespread destruction to homes and infrastructure
Photo: Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council's website "Residents in flooded parts of Western Australia's Kimberley region are facing a lengthy and costly clean-up, after the record-breaking weather event caused severe damage to homes and infrastructure." Read more:...