The battle for water: Special report
In a four-part multimedia series, AlertNet explores how competition for dwindling water resources will reshape our world
LONDON (Trust.org) – By 2025, two-thirds of people worldwide are expected to face water shortages as businesses, agriculture and growing populations compete for the ever more precious commodity. How will the battle for water reshape our world?
That's a question AlertNet, the global humanitarian news service run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, addresses in detail for a special series of multimedia reports exploring the future of water against a backdrop of climate change, urbanisation, increased irrigation and growing demand for greener power such as hydroelectricity.
Over four days, AlertNet takes viewers to the frontlines of water conflict and competition. From volatile Kashmir to the Mekong basin and the scorched plains of Kenya, we explore how countries and communities are facing up to what is arguably the big story of the 21st century.
Visit http://water.trust.org as AlertNet unpack a new theme each day, mixing info-graphics and videos with features and interviews from around the world.
Monday 23 July: Water as a strategic resource - How is competition for water fuelling tensions and threatening security?
Tuesday 24 July: Water for sale - Are we in for a "liquid gold rush"? How should water be priced? What's our true "water footprint"?
Wednesday 25 July: Controlling water - Who owns water? What happens when communities push back?
Thursday 26 July: Water solutions - Who are the visionaries and innovators? Can technology help quench the planet's thirst?
For the full package, including stories, interviews, videos, info-graphics and commentary, visit http://water.trust.org. Join the conversation on YouTrust.org or on Twitter at #battleforwater.
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