Beschreibung:
Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels. .
1. The environmental footprint of the human species 2. A brief history of water footprint thinking 3. Why do we overexploit our limited freshwater resources? 4. Drinking ten bathtubs of water a day 5. Water for bread and pasta 6. Meat and dairy, the biggest water users 7. How our cotton clothes link to a disappearing sea 8. The energy transition: how to combine carbon and water footprint reduction? 9. The overseas water footprint of cut flowers 10. The supply-chain water footprint of paper 11. Sustainability: water footprint caps per water body 12. Efficiency: water footprint benchmarks per product 13. Equitability: fair water footprint shares per community 14. Allocating the world's limited freshwater resources 15. Getting trade right 16. Product transparency 17. Who will be the heroes of change?