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Wednesday, 22 March 2023

The global water crisis: conflict, costs and solutions

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March 22nd 2023
Perspectives
Inform your discussions and decisions this week: climate change, a growing population and inadequate infrastructure are affecting access to clean water.

In this issue, explore how effectively cities are managing their water resources and uncover strategies to tackle plastic waste in our oceans. Plus, what are "water wars" and how could declining resources cause conflict among countries?
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Examine how effectively major global cities are using water optimisation. Where does your city rank in our index?
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Sustainability | podcast
Peak plastics: bending the consumption curve
How can we tackle the plastic waste crisis? Winnie Lau, project director of the Preventing Ocean Plastics project at The Pew Charitable Trusts, shares her views.
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Sustainability | blog
Water in a fragmented world
Explore how declining water resources could fuel cross-border tensions.
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Health | blog
Clean water for health and wellbeing
Understand the damaging effects of slowing progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6—clean water and sanitation for all.
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Sustainability | podcast
Can desalination counter the drought?
Discover how desalination technology could sustainably deliver universal access to safe drinking water.
Listen here ➔
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