In this episode of EQUALS, we talk about how wealth and power defy gravity by making water flow… upwards!Max and Nafkote interview Sushmita Mandal about water inequality and how climate breakdown is already affecting water access for people around the world.Sushmita shares amazing stories about a young boy in India (who observed water flowing upwards from his community to posh apartment buildings), ecosystems on the Mekong River and a dam threatening fishers’ livelihoods.Sushmita Mandal is a Senior Research Fellow for Water, Food and Ecosystems at Stockholm’s Environmental Institute in Asia.As always, please leave us a review and connect us on X and on LinkedIn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.