The latest IPCC report on the climate crisis in the world’s oceans and ice caps concludes that many serious impacts are already inevitable, from more intense storms to melting permafrost and dwindling marine life.
With rising freshwater demand driving operation of 16,000 desalination plants in 177 countries, we must address the impacts and management of the 140 million cubic meters of hypersaline, chemical-laden brine that is produced every day.
The IPCC’s stark warning that we have only 12 years to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius seems to have fallen on deaf ears, which will have dire consequences and trigger climate crises in vulnerable regions like Africa.
