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Mar 2023
48m 16s

UN issues dire warning over water

Bbc World Service
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The UN opened its first conference on water security in almost half a century on Wednesday with a plea to governments to better manage one of humanity's shared resources. Co-chairwoman of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Mariana Mazzucato tells Newshour about the scale of the problem. Also in the programme: Judicial reforms in Israel; and th ... Show More
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