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Can renewably powered desalination address the world's looming water crisis? Image: Herbert Goetsch/Unsplash

Paddy Padmanathan

Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ACWA Power

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Growth of desalination globally, 1960-2022. Image: Yale Environment 360

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