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Photographer @ashleycrowtherorg shared this photo for our ongoing #EyeOnClimate series—a campaign dedicated to raising awareness of climate change impacts and solutions around the @UnitedNations’ Annual Meeting on Climate Change, #COP23. . “I took this photo in a crowded residential area on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. A woman walks back and forth to the water pump collecting and storing water due to the reality that this particular area only receives water twice a week for two hours at a time. . In many parts of the world, including cities, climate change is contributing to greater drought conditions and causing water security issues throughout the developed and developing worlds. In almost every case, the poor feel the worst of the impacts, especially women and children who are forced to work even harder to access freshwater resources. Water is life, without it nothing would be possible from everyday activities to agriculture to industrial activity.” . -@ashleycrowtherorg . How...

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