Water brings responsibility

World Water Week begins today in Stockholm. Researchers and experts from all over the world will meet in the Swedish capital to discuss the consequences of dwindling water supplies worldwide. The daily Dagens Nyheter notes that poor countries are the worst affected: "Climate, food, water and energy are all closely interconnected and call for a holistic understanding of the system among those who are working towards sustainable solutions. Climate change threatens to aggravate the unjust distribution of water supplies, and the responsibility for feeding the world population thus lies with those regions in our part of the world that have a more favourable climate."

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