With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water

This year’s theme for World Water Day is Water and Climate Change. The recent Australian drought and flooding in the UK and East Africa show how climate change is leading to extreme events that create both uncertainties and irregularities in water availability, with far-reaching impacts on human wel...

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Main Authors: Mehta, Lyla, Ringler, Claudia, Varghese, Shiney
Format: Opinion Piece
Language:Inglés
Published: Institute of Development Studies 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143371
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description This year’s theme for World Water Day is Water and Climate Change. The recent Australian drought and flooding in the UK and East Africa show how climate change is leading to extreme events that create both uncertainties and irregularities in water availability, with far-reaching impacts on human wellbeing and ecosystem health. In all cases, the poor and marginalised people are most at risk. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy will further heighten the existing vulnerabilities of the poor.
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spelling CGSpace1433712025-02-24T06:45:48Z With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water Mehta, Lyla Ringler, Claudia Varghese, Shiney human rights health covid-19 water severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 food security hand hygiene drinking water poverty climate change This year’s theme for World Water Day is Water and Climate Change. The recent Australian drought and flooding in the UK and East Africa show how climate change is leading to extreme events that create both uncertainties and irregularities in water availability, with far-reaching impacts on human wellbeing and ecosystem health. In all cases, the poor and marginalised people are most at risk. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy will further heighten the existing vulnerabilities of the poor. 2020-03-21 2024-05-22T12:13:41Z 2024-05-22T12:13:41Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143371 en https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351747622 https://www.iatp.org/blog/202003/climate-change-impacts-accelerating-we-need-re-think-human-right-water https://news.trust.org/item/20200320164136-ro1ij/ Open Access Institute of Development Studies Mehta, Lyla; Ringler, Claudia; and Varghese, Shiney. 2020. With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water. Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Published online on March 21, 2020. https://www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/with-climate-change-impacts-accelerating-we-need-to-re-think-the-human-right-to-water/
spellingShingle human rights
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Varghese, Shiney
With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water
title With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water
title_full With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water
title_fullStr With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water
title_full_unstemmed With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water
title_short With climate change impacts accelerating, we need to re-think the human right to water
title_sort with climate change impacts accelerating we need to re think the human right to water
topic human rights
health
covid-19
water
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
food security
hand hygiene
drinking water
poverty
climate change
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