Climate change is becoming the biggest global health threat, a leading medical journal has claimed, noting that water and food shortages, and extreme weather are drastically affecting the world's poor.
Women and girls in developing countries still bear significant economic, physical, and health burdens to provide water for their families on a daily basis.
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Ecosystem markets are growing fast, as countries seek innovative ways to protect the environment, through e.g. biodiversity banks and nutrient trading for cleaning water supplies.
'I was really delighted to read that a big design award - the Saachi design award - has gone to the people who have developed a thing called 'Life Straws'. This is something I saw a while ago which is a potential life saver. It is a small water filter - 25cm long which filters nearly (99%) of water borne diseases from fresh water. They last about a year and cost 2US$. his is a lot for the people who would be using them but nothing to those of us who could potentially buy them for the various charities on developing countries. I am looking into how I can help supply these in the future...- Ailsa Kelleher, 2008