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How can innovation help solve the freshwater crisis?

The water we drink and use to wash and irrigate our crops is precious, and becoming ever more so due to climate change.

The World Economic Forum’s UpLink platform wants to hear from you if you have innovative ideas on how to tackle the problem.

On this episode, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCL Technologies which is backing the search for innovations, joins UpLink's Emanuela Orsini to discuss the issue.

We also hear from entrepreneur Friso Klapwijk, whose company Wavin has created smart roofs to capture rainwater in cities.

Guests:

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCL Technologies

Friso Klapwijk, Global Director of Urban Climate Resilience, Wavin

Learn more about our innovators and other innovation challenges on UpLink.

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Robin Pomeroy

Podcast Editor, World Economic Forum

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