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Podcast: Future Cities · Sustainability, Energy, Innovation, Climate Change, Transport, Housing, Work, Circular Economy, Education & Environmental Solutions
Episode: Giulio Boccaletti, Ph.D. · Author of Water, A Biography & Natural Resource Security & Environmental Sustainability Expert (Highlights)
Description: 36% of cities will experience water insecurity by 2050. Giulio Boccaletti discusses the politics and history of water.“The problem doesn’t really reside there. The problem is that people have gotten used to thinking about water as a technical issue that can be solved by somebody sitting in a room somewhere with a white coat. The reality is that the history of water shows that this is probably the most political and salient issue of society–How we share the resources that make it possible for us to live is a fundamentally political problem. And in nations that live togeth...