Join our upcoming online workshop on Thursday, 30th October at 18 CEST, where we will discuss the book Thirst: the global quest to solve the water crisis by Filippo Menga.
Speaker:
Filippo Menga is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Bergamo in Italy.
Discussants:
Gemma Gasseau is Research Fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore (Firenze, Italy).
Alexander Dunlap is Research Fellow at Institute for Global Sustainability, Boston University
Abstract
Two billion people worldwide are without access to safe water. But solutions are hard to come by when causes are not clearly defined. In a whirlwind tour of global water insecurity, one of the world’s leading experts on water politics chronicles the massive impact of climate change; the insatiable water demands of industry and agriculture; and the widespread lack of state investment in infrastructure. Filippo Menga focuses in particular on the high priests of global developmentalism – celebrities, CEOs, and sustainability directors – who have emerged as some of the loudest voices about water issues while offering few tangible solutions. Thirst shows that if humanity is to escape the deadlock that bedevils access to clean water, it has to reconsider both its faith in the market and its relationship with nature.
Find the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3012-thirst?srsltid=AfmBOorNnc1-y5ULnS1E77_SwMTqLpBFUbvIruuRh9mssfvsDSnmSV3J
See you there!
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