{"id":3533,"date":"2012-03-23T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureisglobal.org\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T21:15:37","slug":"water-the-global-challenge-of-our-future-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureisglobal.org\/staging\/water-the-global-challenge-of-our-future-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"WATER: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF OUR FUTURE (FORUM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Water: The Global Challenge of Our Future \u2013 March 23, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can a world where exponential population growth and an insatiable demand for water be sustainable? The water crisis consumes more lives yearly than all the wars and AIDS related deaths combined, yet we hear precious little about it. With water scarcity starting to affect the developed world as well as its disproportionate impact on developing countries, how do we, as a global community, address this challenge for our collective future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Melody for Dialogue Among Civilizations Association, in conjunction with NYU\u2019s Center for Global Affairs, will spend a day examining the implications of this underreported crisis as part of its global series of conferences. Join keynote speaker\u00a0Alexandra Cousteau\u00a0for a series of panels and debates featuring academics, members of the private sector, government, the UN system and civil society to not only discuss the crisis, but also explore what can be done about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureisglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BrochureBack.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3549\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cultureisglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BrochureBack.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cultureisglobal.org\/?attachment_id=3549\" class=\"wp-image-3549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureisglobal.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/BrochureBack.jpg 480w, 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