UN warns against thirsty tech to solve water crisis

Carbon capture and storage systems are very water-intensive, a report outlines. — AFP Relaxnews

The world needs to better manage its freshwater resources but thirsty new technologies touted as solutions could lead to “serious problems” if left unchecked, a UN report warned.

Roughly half of the planet’s population is facing grave water shortages, with climate change-linked droughts affecting more than 1.4 billion people between 2002 and 2021, the report for the UN cultural agency Unesco said.