The Water Tribune invited the philosopher Angel Gabilondo to speak on the role of education as a means of teaching us to choose to have a sense of justice. His discourse opened the session on “Water and Education,” which takes part of the thematic week, “Water and Society.     ... Read More

The first session of the 8th thematic week at the Water Tribune on “Water and Society” discussed the coverage of water by the Spanish media, which portrays water as a threat while the health of oceans is stressed as a concern to society. The panel was moderated by Jose Maria Montero, program director of Protected Area on Canal Sur Television, and welcomed as speakers sociologist Julio Cesar Cisneros and environmental journalist Paul Francescutti.     ... Read More

This is a positive minded thematic week whose deep roots start by giving voice to those individuals and communities who lack of the most fundamental human right, the right to water is not part of the media routine.     ... Read More

Senior partner at CUMPETERE (www.cumpetere.com), Antonio Vives opened the last day of the 7th Water Tribune thematic week, “Water Economics and Finance,” with the remark that political corruption is a cause of the inefficiency of water supply and management.     ... Read More

Discussions at the Water Tribune examined the challenges that climate change has posed for Spain, which has been forced to create mechanisms for redistributing water. Participants debated on the direction of water management in Spain, recognizing that in Spain, there is no water market, because water is technically not an object of economic transactions and not subject to market rules but rather to administrative laws.     ... Read More