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How Climate Change Is Threatening Our Drinking Water

Maude Barlow and Ge Yun, two leaders in the global struggle for fresh water, warm about the affects of climate change.

January 22, 2009 |

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We profile two women activists taking on the global water crisis. Canadian Maude Barlow is a well known leader in the global struggle for water justice. Ge Yun from China is in the vanguard of her country’s growing conservation movement. In this program, they both warn us about the link between climate change and the loss of one of our most basic human requirements: water for life.

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