{"id":1386,"date":"2015-12-16T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2016-10-27T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:20:06","slug":"climate-change-and-water-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2015\/12\/16\/climate-change-and-water-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Change and Water Scarcity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I\u2019ve been in Nigeria and Kenya during the rainy season and was surprised that it didn\u2019t rain that much.<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s not like it used to be \u2013 it\u2019s not a rainy season any longer\u2026\u201d Transpose this comment onto your own country. Doesn\u2019t it sound familiar? I think we all can feel that yes, the climate is changing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1387\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/12\/2013-06-28-11.40.07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1387 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/12\/2013-06-28-11.40.07-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Rainy days in Lagos are not what they used to be\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/12\/2013-06-28-11.40.07-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/12\/2013-06-28-11.40.07-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2015\/12\/2013-06-28-11.40.07-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainy days in Lagos are not what they used to be<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cop21.gouv.fr\/en\" target=\"_blank\">COP21 Conference<\/a> has made climate change a trending topic at present<\/strong>. Africa is very vulnerable to climate change. The most important consequences for African people relate to water. Some facts reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/thewaterproject.org\/water_stats\" target=\"_blank\">The Water Project<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>290 million people do not have access to clean and safe water in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The average container for water collection in Africa weighs over 40 lbs when full.<\/li>\n<li>Sub-Saharan Africa alone loses 40 billion hours per year collecting water \u2013 equivalent to an entire year&#8217;s labor in all of France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Global warming will increase\u00a0water scarcity.<\/strong> This will increase the cost of food and other products that depend on it. Even worse, <a class=\"inline-twitter-link inline-tweet-click\" href=\"#\" onclick=\"inline_tweet_sharer_open_win('https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/intent\\\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.iese.edu%2Fafrica%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1386%2F&text=Access+to+water+may+be+the+biggest+cause+of+conflict+and+war+in+Africa+in+the+next+25+years+');\" title=\"Tweet This!\">access to water may be the biggest cause of conflict and war in Africa in the next 25 years <span class=\"non-dashicons\"> <\/span><\/a> according to a report by the United Nations cited at <a href=\"http:\/\/know.climateofconcern.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=article&amp;id=96\" target=\"_blank\">Know Climate Change<\/a>. <strong>Countries that share rivers or lakes are more likely to engage in such wars.<\/strong> Large companies that try to control water should be aware that this may become a major source of conflict, and act accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>We need to make more responsible use of this vital, scarce resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s not forget that drinking water is an essential resource \u2013 obvious as it may sound.<\/strong>\u00a0 And still, we keep wasting it. 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