Poor people’s right to water cut off by thirsty exports, unequal supply
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yogita has to fetch water up to six times a day – sometimes going out in the middle of the night – from a hand pump about half a kilometre from her house in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, leaving her baby son with a neighbour. In the summer, her husband cycles three […]
Enlist nature’s help to quench world’s growing thirst, UN report
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world should look to nature for better ways to maintain supplies of water, keep it clean, and protect people from droughts and floods, the United Nations said on Monday. As the global population expands and the planet warms, demand for water is rising, while the quality and reliability of our water […]