It's time for the world to declare a "global water bankruptcy", warns the UN

Tuesday, 20 January 2026RSS
It's time for the world to declare a "global water bankruptcy", warns the UN

If water is liquid money, we are at the beginning of a global bankruptcy era, warn UN scientists who outline the new post-crisis reality for billions of people.

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