A world without water is a world without the essentials of life. Even amongst the sea of present troubles, water is rising up the agenda with a damaging wet winter in Northern Europe but the Mediterranean, once again, hit by severe water shortages that have fed through to food supplies and, hence, prices of winter vegetables and fruits, grains, and vegetable oils. Food bowls in South and North America and Asia are equally affected.
The planet is heating. Water resources are an immediate victim and water management faces increasing disintegration. Our Tony Allan memorial workshop on 14th June will discuss the ongoing water crisis and ways to solve it. The morning session will scrutinise England’s water crisis and the alarming extent of water conflict worldwide. In the afternoon, we will discuss potential remedies, shedding light on food-water management and ways to plug the estimated gap of $US182-664 billion investment gap in the water sector.
The meeting will be held under Chatham House rules.
