The destruction of aquatic ecosystem health, and the increasing water scarcity, are in my opinion the most pressing environmental problems facing human… — Maude Barlow Copy Share Image
More and more businesses are seeing the potential of a more sustainable business model, driven both by the firm belief that business… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Floods will become more serious and frequent in the Indo-Gangetic plains. Drought induced food and water scarcity will become more acute. South… — M. S. Swaminathan Copy Share Image
“The logical extension of a burgeoning population and urbanization is the conversion of open spaces into paved ground. This has resulted in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A refugee in the traditional vision is someone who flees from country to another because of persecution or conflict. But what we're… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
In many cases, water stress is more about politics, economics, behaviour and governance than absolute water scarcity. Better planning is needed, to… — Ian Goldin Copy Share Image
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
We have serious challenges regarding climate change, unsustainable use of natural resources, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, forests and farmland. Not to… — Guilherme Leal Copy Share Image
The government can build institutional infrastructure to address the paradox of floods and calamities in some parts of the country, and water… — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
Extreme weather like the droughts in Russia, China and Brazil and the flooding in Pakistan and Australia [in 2010] have contributed to… — John Beddington Copy Share Image
“With good land-use management, water scarcity can even be a useful tool for containing the heedless sprawl of human habitation. Unfortunately,” — David Owen Copy Share Image
