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80: Working on water: investment opportunities in solving the world’s water crisis
The world is facing a water crisis. If that sounds alarmist, consider a few statistics. The global per capita water supply has fallen by 56% since 1962, with 57% of aquifers having passed the tipping point. By 2025, 1.8 billion people are expected to be living in regions with absolute water scarcity and two-thirds of the world’s population will be living under water-stress conditions.
Population growth is obviously a factor in this, but water shortages are also being aggravated by many other forces, from climate change to urbanisation. And even where there is plentiful water, it is becoming…
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