Climate Change is Driving a Global Water Trade You Can’t See – Bloomberg Businessweek

This is a very important report on virtual water – the water embedded in everything, from the food we eat to the computers we use to the clothes we wear. As local trade increases and free trade agreements promote the growth in trans-border trade, more and more freshwater is being hidden in goods, and local water supplies are being exported in the form of livestock, cars and everything we buy on Amazon. This is an untold story and a very important one to understand the global water crisis.