The World Is Running Out Of Fresh Water

Chile’s 14-year megadrought is straining freshwater resources to breaking point, and by 2021, the fourth driest year on record, more than half of the population will be suffering from severe water scarcity. Protesters in Chile demanded better pensions and healthcare reform and a rewrite of Chile’s 1981 water code, allowing people to buy and sell water allocations like stocks. Chile’s economy is built on water-intensive, extractivist industries, principally mining, forestry, and agriculture, and only 2% …

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