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Water, the hidden climate crisis

The EU Global Climate Change Alliance shares stories from its work around the world to secure water access.

Woman pouring water, Igunga, Tanzania
© Imani Nsamila/European Commission/GCCA+

date:  09/07/2021

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Water is one of nature’s great paradoxes. Essential for life on earth, we suffer if there’s not enough and we suffer if there’s too much. Climate change is increasingly upsetting this delicate balance. More and more people face water insecurity both from extreme drought and extreme flooding. Acknowledging the increasingly urgent need to fix the global water crisis, the EU's flagship climate change programme EU GCCA+ has, since 2007, been helping some of the most climate vulnerable communities around the world to become more water secure.

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