The city of six million people could soon run out water, amid climate change, sanctions and governance failures.

Kabul, a city of over six million people, could become the first modern city to run out of water in the next five years, a new report has warned.

Groundwater levels in the Afghan capital have dropped drastically due to over-extraction and the effects of climate change, according to a report published by nonprofit Mercy Corps.

  • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Seeing as I am not from Cape Town, I can’t answer to its modernity, but didn’t this happen to Cape Town in 2017? Does Kabul count as the first, then?

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    big city

    I guess this is my answer