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Bookmark or Share- How is climate change affecting global water security? | World Economic ..."It's threats like these that keep me up at night," the diplomat told a webinar hosted by the World Resources Institute (WRI), a U.S.-based research group. According to the WRI, 17 countries face "extremely high" levels of water stress, while more than two billion people live in countries experiencing "high" water stress.
- These are the economic, social and environmental impacts of fast ...Image: World Resources Institute Gone are the days when people would buy a shirt and wear it for years. In a world of accelerating demand for apparel, consumers want—and can increasingly afford—new clothing after wearing garments only a few times.
- Thought water scarcity was a developing world problem only? Think again ...Water is not a developing-world problem. It's an everyone, everywhere problem. And it's one of the most pressing issues of our time. We all need and rely on it, and as competition for water escalates around the world, the strain of growing populations, climate change and political tensions add even more pressure to ensuring we all have access.
- Environment: How much carbon do forests absorb? | World Economic ForumImage: World Resources Institute Forestry carbon flux varies based on management practices Nowhere is the bidirectional nature of carbon flux more apparent than in the world’s managed forests, which are cut and regrown to produce timber and concentrated mainly in the United States, Canada, China, Europe and Russia.
- World Resources Institute | World Economic ForumThe World Resources Institute is an independent non-profit organization with a mission to protect the Earth and improve people's lives. It catalyses permanent change through partnerships that implement innovative, incentive-based solutions founded upon hard, objective data.
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