"If you're not paying a rational price for the water, the incentive is to use the water irrationally," he added. The innovation - which also helps cut down on burning of field stubble, a major source of air pollution in the region - has won World Bank funding for its expansion, he said. Water access is already hugely unequal, speakers said, with US residents using 700-900 litres a day, Europeans about 200 litres and many of the world's poorest just 10-15 litres. Reliable access to water is crucial to achieving many of the global sustainable development goals (SDGs) - from ending poverty and hunger, to reducing inequality - they added. Yet climate change threatens to put secure water access ever further out of reach.

Source: bd News24 November 18, 2019 21:56 UTC