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- 7 March 2012: Global health in the 21st Century
- Adapting to an urban future
- Educating for tomorrow
- Digital technology in Africa
- Persistent poverty in Britain
- Can the UK ever be sustainable?
- Plastic pollution in the oceans
- Natural disasters: how can we improve?
- Not In My Back Yard
- Digital Divide in the UK?
- Importing goods, exporting drought?
- Britain’s ageing population
- Engineering our climate
- The future shape of Capitalism
- Migration: skills and the job market
- Razing the Rainforest
- London under water
- Concreting the countryside
- Future of low carbon energy.
- Africa in the 21st Century
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Importing goods, exporting drought? : 60 Seconds
What is virtual water?
Read a 60 second guide to 'virtual water', the water used to create the goods we buy.
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The hidden cost of what we consume
Read about the hidden cost of what we eat, drink and consume. From coffee to t-shirts, we need far more water to support our lifestyles than most of us imagine.
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The Aral Sea
Read about the environmental impacts of over use of water resources in the Aral Sea
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