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Recycling systems can't keep up with plastic pollution, and solutions are hard to scale. Enter Clearbot: Its trash-collecting boats are trying to bring about a sea change in clean-ups, and using AI-collated data to bring about policy change. The company also has plans to expand to India.

The use of antibiotics in fish culture and hormones in artificial fish breeding bring into question the safety of Bangladesh’s food supply, as exposure to high levels of these substances can harm human and environmental health.

As the world warms up and the population rises, water shortages are a growing problem.

A rethink of global water security is needed as knowledge grows about the role of nature and climate, analysts say.

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts

By Zofeen Ebrahim

By Yanine Quiroz

By Liang Lei

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This week’s United Nations 2023 Water Conference in New York, the first such gathering since 1977, is a unique opportunity to discuss water security and to tackle the crisis head-on. By Ambroise Fayolle and Henk Ovink

In the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Risks Report, nine of the ten biggest risks for the next decade have a water-related component. By Quentin Grafton, Joyeeta Gupta and Aromar Revi

Better water access and sanitation is a social and public good, and it needs investment. By Alan Nicol and Lyla Mehta

To limit the impact of the coming crises on lives and livelihoods, governments must take urgent action to boost the resilience of their health systems. By Mamta Murthi

By Omair Ahmad

By Werry Darta Taifur

By Ibrahim Thiaw

By Alex Simalabwi

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Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.

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Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.

EB Studio Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.

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Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?

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