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A third of the average amount of water used by each person each day goes down shower drain. Audrey Tan THE STRAITS TIMES | November 20, 2016 Shower with a friend, or a pet – that is the cheeky water-saving … Read More

Asit K. Biswas POLICY FORUM ANNIVERSARY LECTURECRAWFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, AUSTRALIA | November 16, 2016 In November 2014, the Asia and Pacific Policy Society (APPS) and Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University, started a website … Read More

LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, Singapore | July 12, 2016 Over the past 10-15 years, water availability for all types of uses has become a serious concern in most parts of the world. Extreme hydrological events like droughts … Read More

Planning and innovation are how Singapore intends – in the face of new threats – to put food and water on the table. Audrey Tan THE STRAITS TIMES  | July 2, 2016 On the surface, it would seem a no … Read More

Duncan Hay INTERNATIONAL WATER SECURITY NETWORK | May 27, 2016 A few weeks ago an article appeared in The Geographer entitled ‘Water Security, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development: linking society, economy and environment.’ The article challenges mainstream approaches to the development, … Read More

Water consumption in the Republic inched higher last year — is enough being done to prepare for the worst-case scenario? Siau Ming En TODAY | April 23, 2016 The Republic’s success in turning its vulnerability in water into a strength within four … Read More

Katy Daigle and Teresa Cerojano CNBC | April 12, 2016 In a bustling, densely populated corner of Manila, fruit vendor Coring Gutierrez reads $35 due from her latest water bill, more than triple what her family of six paid 15 years … Read More

Solutions in short supply as water shortages destroy crops and livelihoods across Asia. Pearl Liu CHINA DAILY ASIA WEEKLY April 2016, Volume 7, Number 12, Pages 4-5 Record high temperatures, changing and erratic rain patterns, a lack of investment, poor … Read More

Audrey Tan THE STRAITS TIMES | March 25, 2016 A deal to steer the world away from catastrophic climate change was struck last December, and the goal is to limit global warming to under 2 deg C above pre-industrial levels. Nations … Read More

Savo Heleta, Nelson Mandela University March 9, 2016 Research and creative thinking can change the world. This means that academics have enormous power. But, as academics Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr have warned, the overwhelming majority are not shaping today’s public debates. Instead, their work is largely … Read More