Water scarcity to drive conflict, hit food and energy - experts

AlertNet: Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource and shortages could drive conflict, hit food and energy production and threaten growth in renewable energy technology, experts warned at a water security conference on Monday. And climate change -- which appears to be bringing more extreme weather events such as droughts and floods -- is likely to make the situation even more difficult, they said. "Climate change will hit more people through water than in any other way,' said David Grey, a University...

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