Climate-induced water insecurity poses one of the biggest threats to humanity and will lead to more hunger, disease and displacement 

Oxfam water engineers are having to drill deeper, more expensive and harder-to-maintain water boreholes used by some of the poorest communities around the world, more often now only to find dry, depleted or polluted reservoirs. 

Today, during World Water Week, Oxfam publishes the first of a series of reports, “Water Dilemmas”, about the growing water crisis, in large part driven by global heating from greenhouse gas emissions. The report describes how climate change will impact water security in different regions, leading to more hunger, disease and displacement. 

Read more: oxfam.org

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