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Desalination is becoming a more viable source of fresh water

For decades it’s been hoped that seawater could be desalinated at scale, to provide drinking water and irrigate crops. Desalination plants still only provide a fraction of the world’s fresh water, largely because they’re expensive to build and use a lot of energy. But as the FT’s Gill Plimmer explains, advances in technology and green energy efficiency mean desalination is now becoming a more viable proposition.


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FT Food Revolution is a video channel looking at the people and businesses working to create a more sustainable food system - from tackling food waste and environmental health, to sustainable farming and food security. The channel alternates between independent reporting from FT journalists and expert posts from Rabobank.