Global Briefing: $70tr of global GDP to be exposed to high water stress by 2050

Michael Holder
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Amid persistent low rainfall last year an old bridge was revealed at Baitings Reservoir in Huddersfield | Credit: iStock
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Amid persistent low rainfall last year an old bridge was revealed at Baitings Reservoir in Huddersfield | Credit: iStock

Plus: Australia ponders carbon border tariffs, Gabon 'debt for nature' deal, and Austria opens CCS steel mill plant, in our round up of the top green business news from around this week

WRI: Around $70tr of global GDP to be exposed to high water stress by 2050 As much as a quarter of the planet's population live in countries that are already facing "extremely high" water stress each...

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