United Nations University’s Institute for Water Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)

Clean Energy, Digital Technologies Are Coming at a Human Cost, UN Report Warns

By Umar Manzoor Shah
A newly released United Nations report has raised urgent concerns that the world’s push toward clean energy and digital technologies is driving a hidden crisis in some of the planet’s most vulnerable regions, where mining for critical minerals is depleting water supplies, damaging health, and deepening inequality.

A Salty Dilemma

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
As the threat of water scarcity increasingly grows, many have turned to the Earth’s plentiful oceans for a solution. However, this has created a new risk threatening public and environmental health: brine.
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