As always, the world is facing a crisis. This week we explore the exploding problem of water access as large swaths of the world find themselves drying out risking agriculture, industry, and the very water we drink. By 2020, 100 million Indians will find themselves without water - and this is just the beginning of what might be the largest disaster in human history.

Can states prepare themselves for the coming hordes of water refugees? Can civilization survive water hungry industrial agriculture as climate change reshapes where rain falls? Can we act as sustainable stewards of our shared water resources? Or is it all too little, too late?

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Chapters

4:26 Climate Contribution to Water Stress

7:40 Current Victims of Water Stress

9:52 Day Zero

13:35 India

19:52 Irrigation vs Drinking Water

21:43 "Migrants, Borders, and Conflict"

27:48 Ethiopia and African Tension

32:38 Business of Water

37:44 Infrastructure and Cost

39:45 Australia Reacts to Water Scarcity

41:55 Need for Systems Thinking

45:25 "Romans, Ancient and Modern"

47:40 Lakes Disappearing

49:18 Agricultural Use of Water

52:48 What Can We Do?

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Published 28-06-2018 23:49