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RSS FeedsBolivia´s capital uses new ways to tackle climate change
(WorldNews Environment)

 
 

19 september 2019 10:42:59

 
Bolivia´s capital uses new ways to tackle climate change
(WorldNews Environment)
 


Water resources are running dry in the world's highest-elevation capital due to the combined effect of the Andean glaciers melting, drought and mismanagement. But instead of surrendering, the locals in Bolivia's capital La Paz are finding new ways to tackle the changing climate. The sky-high metropolitan area's 2.7 million people have already been jolted by climate change: a severe drought that lasted for several months from 2016 into 2017 was Bolivia's worst in 25 years, leading to water rationing and widespread protests in several cities. In a sign of possibly worse to come, the Andean snowcaps which have been relied on to fill the city's reservoirs are disappearing at...


 
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