Singing 'for' the Rain (ft. Jo Harrison)

13/10/2022

In this new episode of 2050 Investors, Kokou Agbo-Bloua looks at how climate change is disrupting our planet’s water cycle. He brings in Jo Harrison, Executive Director of Environment, Planning and Innovation at United Utilities to understand how we will need to adapt to prevent water scarcity in the face of global warming and growing world population.

The summer of 2022 has seen significant and sustained droughts across the world, with serious ripple effects from energy shortages to severe food insecurity. But how can we possibly have a water problem when water makes up close to 3/4 of the Earth’s surface?

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