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… of the total of freshwater on earth. Therefore, a high percentage (about one-third) of the global population … 80 per cent of the world’s population lives in areas with high levels of threat to water security. The most severe …

… • simulations show that future agDp losses could be as high as 4% in India, 20% in burkina Faso and up to 30% in …

… in London and 650mm in Paris. However, these drylands have high mean temperatures and often prolonged dry seasons leading to high rates of water loss to evaporation and transpiration. It … aridity. Drylands are also characterized by extremely high levels of climatic uncertainty; in many drylands annual …