June 2017 – Australian Water Partnership

Improved water management does not happen from a single initiative

Posted by Glenn Hull on 30 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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ADB Irrigation Subsector Guidance Note published

Posted by Zoe on 29 June 2017

Last year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) requested Australian support to develop an ADB Irrigation Subsector Guidance Note as a part of growing cooperation between…

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Irrigation Roundtable guides AWP future investment

Posted by Zoe on 29 June 2017

On 20 June, an Irrigation Roundtable was held in Canberra to harness the expertise of Australian Partners in the Australian Water Partnership and other irrigation experts to guide AWP’s…

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Risks and options assessment for decision-making

Posted by Glenn Hull on 29 June 2017

In an interview, Professor Quentin Grafton discussed the risks and option for decision-making (ROAD) process, as a successful approach for helping communities to deal with complex challenges. This…

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We all have to do something

Posted by Glenn Hull on 28 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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Strategic foresighting to address complex challenges

Posted by Glenn Hull on 28 June 2017

In his recent interview, Quentin Grafton spoke about how strategic foresight has been used to address challenges around food security. Strategic foresighting seems like a useful way to maximise…

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Learning from the 2008 food crisis: what happened, lessons learned, and ongoing consequences

Posted by Glenn Hull on 27 June 2017

By Simon Ross, IWCAN In an interview, Quentin Fradton, an economist at the Australian National University, spoke about how a key report created in response to the…

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Wicked problems: how to solve the unsolvable

Posted by Glenn Hull on 26 June 2017

In an interview, Quentin Grafton suggested that much of his work as an economist has to do with addressing wicked problems. Learning about what he sees as the…

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Change requires a crisis

Posted by Glenn Hull on 23 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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Any successful endeavour has to be integrated

Posted by Glenn Hull on 21 June 2017

A quote from Professor Quentin Grafton’s interview about the water-food-energy nexus and addressing wicked problems.

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