Water for people or nature is a false choice. We need to think bigger to protect the world’s water

Jul 11, 2017

The Nile and the Sinai Peninsula are pictured in this handout photo courtesy of Col. Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, who is photographing Earth from the International Space Station, taken on March 20, 2013. REUTERS/CSA/Col. Chris Hadfield/Handout (EGYPT - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR3F8XJ

The Nile and the Sinai Peninsula photographed from space - looking at the world’s water problems from a higher perspective Image: REUTERS/CSA/Col. Chris Hadfield

Giulio Boccaletti

Chief Strategy Officer and Global Managing Director for Water, The Nature Conservancy

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By NASA. Photo taken by either Harrison Schmitt or Ron Evans (of the Apollo 17 crew). [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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