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.
To better prepare for extreme floods and droughts, scalable “nature-based-solutions” for water management may be especially relevant in developing countries, where water-related disaster vulnerability has risen to unprecedented levels and impacts will be most acutely felt.
