Thursday, November 09, 2006

Global water

I just want to direct your attention to today's launch of this year's UNDP Human Development Report Beyond Scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis.

One figure highlighted is that the cost for reaching the millenium goal on water is half of what people in rich countries spend on bottled mineral water. I would happily support an initiative giving contributions to water development projects raised by a 0,1 €/litre raise in the cost of bottled water, if there was one!

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