Dr Michael Webber, based at the University of Melbourne in Australia, is part of a team that is assessing China’s South-North Water Transfer Project. Show your students how researchers are scrutinising the impacts of major geographical and technopolitical initiatives such as this.

Included is a summary of a current research project and an interview with Dr Michael Webber. The activity sheet includes discussion points (questions that students can answer in groups or individually) and links to find out more about this staggering water transfer project.