From one parched country to another: get politics out of water.
One of the world’s leading experts on water and how to use it wisely has been reviewing the way the industry is run in Australia.
Professor Noam Weisbrod said in Canberra that the big piece of advice was that planning had to be decades ahead, particularly with global warming making problems tougher to solve.
“Planning must be long-term – for 20, 30 or 40 years ahead,” he said. “For this year’s drought, it’s already too late.”
Professor Noam Weisbrod said in Canberra that the big piece of advice was that planning had to be decades ahead, particularly with global warming making problems tougher to solve.
“Planning must be long-term – for 20, 30 or 40 years ahead,” he said. “For this year’s drought, it’s already too late.”
Professor Weisbrod said in the heat of Canberra that decisions had to be made on the basis that drought would become more frequent as temperatures rose and the world warmed.
“Global warming is a big problem for both countries and it’s very important that the governments do long-term planning,” he said.
Read the report by Steve Evans in The Sydney Morning Herald.