New data reveals rich countries’ shocking reliance on water beyond their borders

Flooded sugar fields, Malawi.

+ High-income nations like UK, USA, Japan and the Netherlands dependent on water from beyond their borders to produce their goods- new analysis traces these water footprints to areas of the Global South facing extreme water insecurity +50% of the water, from rivers and aquifers, used within the external water footprints of high-income economies is […]