Water scarcity in a warming climate: a story in four visuals
Water scarcity will be the biggest climate-related threat to corporate assets like factories within the next few decades … A lack of water is triggering violent conflict in places like India’s Northern Plains … Sydney will endure shortfalls within 20 years if the city continues growing at its current rate, according to a recent estimate, while residents of San Jose, California, (the “Capital of Silicon Valley”) are being threatened with penalties if they don’t cut their water use by 15%. Kenya’s drought has been declared a national disaster.
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