April 25, 2015
Water is a cross-cutting global issue. It is needed for all human activities directly or indirectly. Many unknown and unpredictable developments will occur in seemingly other non-water-related fields, which will have implications on the water sector.… Read More
April 24, 2015
West Africa is slowly recovering from history’s deadliest Ebola outbreak, which to date has claimed more than 10,000 lives. However, the World Health Organisation has received sharp criticism for its slow and inept response. … Read More
April 13, 2015
The 7th World Water Forum kicked off in South Korea yesterday. About 20,000 participants from all over the world are attending the week-long forum to discuss the future of water. This will be an undertaking fraught with difficulties, as water is an issue that cuts across all human activities and many non-water-related fields.… Read More
April 13, 2015
The slow and incremental improvements in water management practices that have been the norm in the past can no longer prevent or solve the water problems of the world.… Read More
7th World Water Forum, Daegu, Korea | April 13, 2015 Global conditions, throughout history, have always changed. However the rates of these changes during the past 2 to 3 decades have steadily accelerated, especially when compared to the historical past. … Read More
April 12, 2015
Some professors disdain the popular media and write only academic articles in journals. Trouble is, no one reads those. Well, almost no one.… Read More
April 12, 2015
The focus of the 7th World Water Forum held in Korea is “Water for Our Future.” Predicting the future is a complex and almost impossible task for any sector or field of endeavor. The water sector is especially complex.… Read More
An average academic journal article is read in its entirety by about 10 people. To shape policy, professors should start penning commentaries in popular media. Asit K. Biswas and Julian Kirchherr The Straits Times | April 11, 2015 Many of … Read More
April 9, 2015
Many scholars aspire to contribute to their discipline’s knowledge and to influence practitioner’s decision-making. However, it is widely acknowledged practitioners rarely read articles published in peer-reviewed journals.… Read More
March 30, 2015
There is no question that climate change is important. However, it should be very clear that solving the issue of climate change will not solve the problem of rapidly increasing water scarcity.… Read More