> Freshwater access is likewise a complete non-issue at a global scale. "Water scarcity affects roughly 40% of the world's population and, according to predict

> Freshwater access is likewise a complete non-issue at a global scale. "Water scarcity affects roughly 40% of the world's population and, according to predictions by the United Nations and the World Bank, drought could put up to 700 million people at risk of displacement by 2030. People like van der Heijden are concerned about what that could lead to. "If there is no water, politicians are going to try and get their hands on it and they might start to fight over it," she says."[1] But no, a complete non-issue. Just build desalination plants, poor countries! [1] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210816-how-water-shortages-are-brewing-wars https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210816-how-water-shorta...