Crisis in Himalayan tourist town is part of wider problem confronting India

Human impact on supplies far greater than researchers anticipated

A growing population and climate change puts pressure on mankind’s essential resource

The city was on the verge of becoming the first major urban centre to run out of water but has averted the crisis. But for how long, and at what cost, in a divided country?

Group will sue to recover losses after ‘expropriation’ of its subsidiary by the African country

Drought-hit South African city risks becoming world’s first big metropolis to go dry

Danone and Nestlé among groups that spent $23bn last year amid climate fears

Fossil fuel’s low price spurs revival of highly polluting water-guzzling projects

The ‘Red-Dead’ project, run by Israel, Jordan and Palestine, aims to undo human damage

Leading agribusinesses come together in attempt to improve environmental record

Climate change and mismanagement hit crops in Maharashtra state

World Bank fears shortages might lead to migration and violence

Mismanagement of the vital resource threatens to hit industry and the broader economy