This post originally appeared on The Guardian.  Growing an economy is very thirsty business. We need to double food production—but we’re already using an average 70 percent of the world’s fresh water for agriculture. Meanwhile industrialised countries—the US in particular—are diverting 40 percent of their water to energy production, and that demand will also rise. Unsustainable levels … Continue reading Water Shortage Is One of the Top Global Risks, How Can We Avert It?