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(1/16) For over 1000 years, people from all over Europe have walked through Spain to Santiago de Compostela. This summer, I followed in the footsteps of millions but with an extra challenge:
Spain has been facing the driest conditions for at least 1200 years.
Spain has been facing the driest conditions for at least 1200 years.
(3/16) I needed a break from my usual focus on the climate and water crises, so I took five weeks to hike more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the French Pyrenees to the northwest of Spain.
I wanted to focus on my health, the beauty of nature, and people I would meet.
I wanted to focus on my health, the beauty of nature, and people I would meet.
If you prefer your Armageddon a little less political, check out the doom monged by @TheENDSReport this morning:
1/7 It looks like northern England could face water shortages by 2030
endsreport.com/article/159508…
1/7 It looks like northern England could face water shortages by 2030
endsreport.com/article/159508…
2/7 But of course we've known about the looming crisis for ages. Here's @theresecoffey Coffey in 2017 saying England could face a “water deficit of 8-22% of total water demand by the 2050s". While London could see a of defecit 132.7Ml/d by 2020
endsreport.com/article/153048…
endsreport.com/article/153048…
3/7 More recently, @EnvAgency chair @JamesBevanEA warned of an impending 'jaws of death' water scarcity scenario endsreport.com/article/158561…
The delivery of water 💧 and sanitation 🚽 services in the world’s poorest countries is jeopardized by:
-Weak government systems
-Lack of human resources
-Lack of funds
bit.ly/2ZpdsVR #WWWeek
-Weak government systems
-Lack of human resources
-Lack of funds
bit.ly/2ZpdsVR #WWWeek
@UN_Water The 2019 @UN_Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation 🚽 and Drinking-Water 🚰 report draws on survey results from 115 countries and territories and 29 external support agencies bit.ly/2ZpdsVR #WWWeek
@UN_Water @WHOAFRO @WHO_Europe @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO The majority of countries have policies for drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene and implementation plans to support.
However, fewer than 1/6 of countries with costed implementation plans have sufficient finance to implement them bit.ly/2ZpdsVR #WWWeek
However, fewer than 1/6 of countries with costed implementation plans have sufficient finance to implement them bit.ly/2ZpdsVR #WWWeek
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Water is life, yet 1 in 3 people globally do not have access to safe drinking water🚰bit.ly/2L1GKl3 #WWWeek
Water is life, yet 1 in 3 people globally do not have access to safe drinking water🚰bit.ly/2L1GKl3 #WWWeek
@WHO_Europe @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source 🚰 contaminated with 💩.
Those left behind without safe water suffer the worst health consequences.
bit.ly/2umpywM #WWWeek
Those left behind without safe water suffer the worst health consequences.
bit.ly/2umpywM #WWWeek
@WHO_Europe @WHOAFRO @WHOWPRO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOSEARO By 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas.
Cholera recurs again and again where people are left behind without safe water 💧
bit.ly/2umpywM
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Cholera recurs again and again where people are left behind without safe water 💧
bit.ly/2umpywM
#WWWeek
