The Stockholm World Water Week brings together the lead thinkers, experts and actvists on water issues. In this series of one-on-one interviews we wanted to meet the people behind the policies and find out what continues to motivate them in their work.
John Matthews
In our first episode of Water Pioneers we caught up with John Matthews - a self proclaimed climate change adaptation 'midwife' with the WWF - to find out more about his work, his motivations and his hopes for the future. Tune in here.
Prof. Tony Allan
In our second episode of Water Pioneers Hannah Stoddart speaks with Professor Tony Allan - founder of the concept 'virtual water' - about trade, politics, economics and population, and how the major challenges for water lie outside the water sector. Check it out here.
Birgitte Markussen
In our third episode we catch up with Birgitte Markussen from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find out more about her hopes for the climate negotiations in December. Listen in here.
Jamie Bartram
In this episode of water pioneers we talk to Prof. Jamie Bartram who tells us about his career that stretches from local water projects to the global office of the WHO. Listen in to our interview here.
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak
In today's episode of water pioneers we talk to Dr Bindeshwar Pathak to find out about his motivations for his groundbreaking sanitation work with untouchables in India. Listen in to our interview here.