
Nikkei Asia: World water crisis is getting more attention, but action is key
Lower-than-normal levels of rain have reduced crop yields this year across large parts of South and Southeast Asia, affecting farmers
Author/s
Johan Rockström, Mariana Mazzucato, Lauren Seaby Andersen, Simon Felix Fahrländer & Dieter Gerten
Abstract
Anthropogenic pressures and climate change are altering water flows worldwide. Better understanding, new economic thinking and an international governance framework are needed to stave off catastrophe.
Citation
Rockström, J. et al. (2023), “Why we need a new economics of water as a common good,” Nature, Vol. 615/7954, pp. 794–797, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00800-z.
Lower-than-normal levels of rain have reduced crop yields this year across large parts of South and Southeast Asia, affecting farmers
The Global Commission on the Economics of Water (GCEW) will be present at COP28 in Dubai with an important delegation
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