Over two billion people lack access to safe drinking water – and the situation is set to become bleaker still due to climate change. How do we build equitable and collective approaches to global water security such that everyone’s basic right to clean water can be upheld? Jo Trevor and Padmini Iyer ask “As global water runs dry, how can we make sure the poor don’t get cut off?” and look for an answer in the blog of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE):
Las Vegas and Turkana in north-west Kenya are both running out of water. But while the American city speeds ahead with the financing, planning, public debate and technology to keep people’s taps running, the Kenyan region faces a bleak, drought-ridden future. That stark contrast highlights how global inequality is at the heart of water insecurity.
