Episode
Brazil's water leverage. And its fault lines (preview)
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- Explaining Brazil
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- Mar 5, 2026
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- 762
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Summary
Humanity has entered what scientists are calling an “era of water bankruptcy.” According to the United Nations University, many critical water systems around the world are so overused — through depletion, overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by climate change — that they can no longer be restored. At the same time, global warming and the spread of artificial intelligence promise to dramatically increase demand for water and clean energ...