Professor Quentin Grafton
ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Professor Quentin Grafton is an Australian Laureate Fellow and UNESCO Chairholder in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance.
Professor Grafton is an environmental/resource economist who has specialised and published in the areas of water economics, management and policy; resilience; food-energy-water nexus; COVID modelling; climate adaptation; forest conservation; and fisheries economics.
He has an abiding interest in the problems of the environment, especially the over exploitation and management of renewable resources, especially fisheries and water.
Professor Grafton is also Convener of the Water Justice Hub, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy (CWEEP) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, and is affiliated with the ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions.
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Articles
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Global COVID infections up to six times higher than reported
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Australia must ensure water justice for all: expert
A leading water expert from The Australian National University (ANU) is calling for greater water justice, especially for…