UN: Water infrastructure gap risks fuelling coronavirus and climate crisis

James S Murray
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World Water Day report highlights how over half the population lack access to safely managed sanitation – and climate impacts threaten to further undermine water security

A continuing shortfall in global water infrastructure risks exacerbating both the climate crisis and the escalating coronavirus pandemic, according to a sobering new report from the UN released to coincide...

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