As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was making a speech Thursday to announce a partnership involving the government, private businesses, advocacy groups and researchers, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp was making some remarks about a campus initiative over the next two years to study issues regarding the world’s water supply.
They could have been in the same pulpit on World Water Day.
The American intelligence community got together on a report with alarming predictions, all of which are likely to be realized: floods and water shortages over the next 30 years that will press many countries to maintain fresh water supplies, which in turn will affect food markets, which will mean instability in governments, which may lead to wars over water.
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