A quarter of the world’s people are just a few dry spells away from facing dangerous water shortages, a US think tank warned on Tuesday, with India home to the bulk at risk of running dry.
In Russia’s Komi Republic, a major petroleum hub, crude oil leaks from pipelines and seeps into the ground and water. The routine small spills add up to an environmental crisis. Now a group of local activists is fighting to make oil producers clean up their mess.
Joined by Bob Fisher, Chairman of the Gap, Inc., Henk Ovink, Special Envoy, International Water Affairs to the United Nations, and Betty Yee, State Controller of California, this plenary session at Ceres Conference 2019 underscored the urgency of the global water crisis and the collective action required to solve this potentially catastrophic issue.
