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Now playing Next Green News Water shortages could become a 'global crisis' On World Water Day, the United Nations says hundreds of millions of children are at risk from inadequate or unsafe drinking water 21/03/2023
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Now playing Next Eco-Innovation Hydroponics: Inside the refugee camp growing veg without soil The new technique may prove to be a "climate change buster" in rural and semi-urban areas in Zimbabwe and beyond. Here's how it works. 04/12/2022
Now playing Next Climate Battle of the Alps? Water woes loom amid climate change Italy, France and Switzerland are among the Alpine nations meeting to resolve their issues with the precious and increasingly contested resource. 27/10/2022
Now playing Next Green News The five regions facing conflict over water in the next 12 months Researchers have developed a tool to predict which areas of the world will face conflict as water supplies diminish. 13/09/2022