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Art’s weapon against future water wars

As the world is destabilised by a water crisis, art can play a role in stopping us taking for granted something we can't live without.

3 Feb 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

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In 2012, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) made a chilling announcement. ‘During the next 10 years, many regions will experience water challenges – shortages, poor water quality, or floods – that will increase the risk of instability and state failure [and] increase regional tensions,’ the report stated.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts