# Brazil's water leverage. And its fault lines (preview)

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Podcast: [Explaining Brazil](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-brazil-850357)
Published: 2026-03-05T19:00:00+00:00
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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...

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