Human Interest

Discover how much WATER we EAT every day

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The Maduro regime denies its once oil-rich country is in crisis. But on the streets the desperation cannot be hidden

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Overview of the importance of water systems and the challenges of providing enough safe water for the Earth's population

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Sara Menker quit a career in commodities trading to figure out how the global value chain of agriculture works. Her discoveries have led to some startling predictions: "We could have a tipping point in global food and agriculture if surging demand surpasses the agricultural system's structural capacity to produce food," she says. "People could starve and governments may fall." Menker's models predict that this scenario could happen in a decade -- that the world could be short 214 trillion calories per year by 2027. She offers a vision of this impossible world as well as some steps we can take today to avoid it.

The world affairs series returns for a new run, starting in Indonesia, home to the planet's most polluted river and a textile industry supplying some of th

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How many people still drink dirty water, or go to the toilet in the open? We’ve used new data to track global progress on the millennium development goals. Hover or click on countries for more detailed information

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