GLOBAL ISSUESINTERNATIONAL CONSEQUENCES

1. ACCESS TO WATER:

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What attitude do these two different groups demonstrate toward water?

More than 1 billion people do not have access to fresh drinking water

Access to Water

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Do you believe access to clean water is a basic human right?

This man in Allahabad, India is drinking polluted water from the Ganges River.

Is clean drinking water a human right? Who should be responsible for ensuring that water supplies are clean?

Who Controls Water? The cost of basic services, such as health care,

often increases when they are provided by private companies (rather than by the government)

The World Bank pressured Bolivia to privatize its water systems

Bechtel, an American company, took over, and water prices increased by about 50 percent.

The poorest Bolivians could not afford to buy clean drinking water.

WHO CONTROLS WATER?

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Alberta is Thirsty Alberta holds only 2.2 per cent of Canada’s

fresh water. Who needs it?

The booming oil patch, parched farmers’ fields, and a growing number of homes and businesses.

Where does Alberta’s water come from?Rain and snowGlaciers

What will happen when the glaciers are gone?

Athabasca Glacier

This sign represents the head of the glacier in 1890

Read the bottom of Pg.269 and respond to Question #1