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September October
Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6% of their GDP, spur
migration and, in the extreme, spark civil conflict. Avoidable diarrheal diseases kill one child every minute.
November December
4.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation. 71% of the Earth’s surface is water but only 4% is freshwater and, of that, 0.5% is safe for human
consumption.
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