Climate Change and Freshwater in Latin America and the Caribbean
Many of us are familiar with the story of the “Cochabamba Water War”, a rebellion of Bolivians against water privatization that was further immortalized in the 2010 film “.” Unfortunately, there are still many issues with water rights in the LAC area, and many LAC areas have been experiencing climate change-related water crises recently.
The UN Chronicle has a piece focusing on freshwater crises in the area,听. The World Bank has a piece called, “Water matters: It’s time for action in Latin America and the Caribbean”聽. The University of Maryland聽聽Finally, suggested case studies include Mexico’s聽听惫别谤蝉耻蝉听, and the impact of climate change in Puerto Rico: discussing聽,听, and聽.