Fair water footprints are a pathway to solving injustice

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Acting quickly promises many benefits such as protecting nature, building climate resilience, driving efficiency savings, creating more robust supply chain, writes CDP's Cate Lamb, and Dr Nick Hepworth from Water Witness International

With World Water Week kicking off in Stockholm this week, for some it may feel like a never-ending stream of water-related events are on the global political calendar. Only last March we had the UN Water...

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