Preparing for a Water Crisis

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Each of the last 12 months has become the hottest ever on record and the UN Secretary General has warned that countries must act on the climate crisis within the next year and a half. This week Audie talks to Bill Weir, CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent, about how the climate crisis will affect water supply, and why we should all be thinking about what the future of sustainable water usage looks like. Then, Audie chats with two water experts: Fabiola Sosa Rodriguez, Head of Economic Growth and Environment at the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City, where they could run out of water this month. And Christine Colvin, Water Policy Lead at the World Wildlife Fund, she was in Cape Town during a water crisis that almost turned off the taps. For more on Mexico City’s water crisis check out this story by Laura Paddison: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/climate/mexico-city-water-crisis-climate-intl Bill Weir’s book, “Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World” is available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.0	Water and politics. I didn't totally think there was a link, but I'm coming to understand
0:51.3	that's not the case.
1:00.7	The United Nations did a report and looked at 5,000 years of human history.
1:06.2	And the one event that will trigger political change more than any other is drought.
1:07.4	This is Bill Weir.
1:08.1	My title?
1:08.6	Yeah.
1:09.8	Say your title again?
1:11.8	Chief climate correspondent. Bill has been again? Chief Climate Correspondent.
1:16.6	Bill has been helping me understand how water fits into the long list of international climate crises.
1:18.3	For instance, the new president of Mexico, Claudia Shanebaum, is a climate scientist.
1:23.4	And she's talked about reforming water usage laws, especially in the country's powerful agriculture sector.
1:30.4	Probably because she was mayor of Mexico City,
1:33.8	and they struggled with over pumped groundwater,
1:36.2	periodic drought, and aging water treatment plants,
1:39.9	problems which have since escalated into crisis.
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