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   Water scarcity is seen as the most significant and potentially   
   most impactful component of the wider climate crisis, and   
   researchers say that large Asian economies like India and China   
   will be the most affected from these water shortages.   
      
   Asia is an industrialization hub that is experiencing the most   
   rapid rates of urbanization, and this would require a copious   
   amount of water, Arunabha Ghosh, the CEO of the Council on   
   Energy, Environment and Water, told CNBC on the sidelines of   
   Singapore’s annual Ecosperity Week last Tuesday.   
      
   “It’s not just the old industries like steel making, but newer   
   ones like manufacturing semiconductor chips and the transition   
   to clean energy that are going to require a lot of water,” Ghosh   
   said. “Asia is the growth engine of the world, and these   
   industries are new drivers for its economic growth.”   
      
   Global fresh water demand is expected to outstrip supply by 40%   
   to 50% by 2030. Ghosh warned that water scarcity must not be   
   viewed as a sectoral issue, but one that “transcends the entire   
   economy.”   
      
   Asian economies “must understand that it is a regional common   
   good and it is in their own interest to mitigate the risks that   
   come their way in order to prevent the economic shocks that   
   severe water scarcity will impose,” he said.   
      
   India, now the world’s most populous nation, will be the hardest   
   hit from water scarcity. Despite holding 18% of the world’s   
   population, it only has enough water resources for 4% of its   
   people, hence making it the world’s most water-stressed country,   
   the World Bank said.   
      
   The South Asian nation relies tremendously on its monsoon season   
   to meet its water demands, but climate change has caused more   
   floods and droughts to hit the country, and has exacerbated its   
   water shortage.   
      
   China is in the same rocky boat   
   According to independent think tank the Lowy Institute,   
   approximately 80% to 90% of China’s groundwater is unfit for   
   consumption, while half of its aquifers are too polluted to be   
   used for industry and farming. Fifty-percent of its river water   
   is also unfit for drinking, and half of that is not safe for   
   agriculture as well.   
      
   Although the world’s second-largest economy has made progress in   
   its transition toward clean energy, its power system remains   
   largely dependent on coal. And if there is no water, there will   
   be no coal.   
      
   “Water is an essential input for the generation of coal power   
   plants, and if water becomes scarcer or is not available for   
   power generation, that plant becomes ineffective,” Ghosh   
   highlighted.   
      
   Other developing countries in the region are in similar   
   situations, but their water crises could be harder to solve.   
   Countries like the Philippines are not as privileged and   
   resilient, so there’s a “huge imbalance in the water crisis that   
   we’re facing,” Shanshan Wang, a Singapore water business leader   
   at sustainability consultancy Arup, said.   
      
   https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/13/water-scarcity-china-and-india-   
   look-the-most-threatened-from-shortages.html   
      
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