Anthony Turton

Turton is a professor at the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State in South Africa. He earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Pretoria in 2004, has published widely on transboundary water management, and is an editor of the journals Water Policy and Water International. He also works as an advisor in the mining sector, developing strategies to mitigate water constraints.

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Articles by Anthony Turton

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
30 August 2012

The nuclear approach to climate risk

Wang HaibinAnthony TurtonHira Bahadur Thapa

From desertification in China to glacier melt in Nepal to water scarcity in South Africa, climate change is beginning to make itself felt in the developing world.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
30 August 2012

Security in the new epoch

Anthony Turton

A prominent theme running through several essays in this Roundtable has been security. Wang Haibin has discussed the ways in which people of different economic classes perceive the risks to personal security that are posed by climate change and nuclear energy.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
9 August 2012

Progress, crisis, and ingenuity

Anthony Turton

This Roundtable asks participants to assess, against the backdrop of climate change, nuclear power’s appropriateness for the developing world.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
25 July 2012
Africa

Water, climate, and thorium: Why nuclear power makes sense for South Africa

Anthony Turton

Participants in this Roundtable are asked whether, given the dangers that climate change presents, nuclear energy is worth the risk for developing nations. My own country, South Africa, offers a particularly interesting lens through which to examine this question.