The Global Water Scarcity Crisis: How It’s Impacting the Pulp and Paper IndustryLuis Sampaio
The AGU journal Earth’s Future conducted a study to get an idea of what water scarcity might look like in the coming years. The study examined current and future water requirements for global agriculture and predicted whether the water levels available, either from rainwater or irrigation, would be sufficient to meet those needs under conditions caused by climate change. It was determined that if greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise, agricultural water scarcity is predicted to intensify in 84% of the world’s croplands by 2050.