How can innovation help solve the freshwater crisis?
Radio Davos · Robin Pomeroy
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Show Notes
The water we drink and use to wash and irrigate our crops is precious, and becoming ever more so due to climate change.The World Economic Forum's UpLink platform wants to hear from you if you have innovative ideas on how to tackle the problem.On this episode, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCL Technologies which is backing the search for innovations, joins UpLink's Emanuela Orsini to discuss the issue.We also hear from entrepreneur Friso Klapwijk, whose company Wavin has created smart roofs to capture rainwater in cities.
Guests: Emanuela Orsini, UpLink Digital Content Specialist at the World Economic Forum
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCL Technologies
Friso Klapwijk, Global Director of Urban Climate Resilience, Wavin
The Global Freshwater Challenge on UpLink: https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/uplink-issue/a002o0000173B6sAAE/global-freshwater-challenge
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Episode transcript: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/11/uplink-freshwater-hcl-radio-davos-cop27