Green Cross International Founding President Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the importance of water to human life, agriculture and the planet.
"It is because our problems have taken on such global dimensions, that the implications for not responding to the problems are far greater. If the environment is not addressed, we implicate our survival on the planet. Equally, mass migration will place tremendous strains on our resources and cities. If living conditions are not improved for those in the developing world, if poverty is not alleviated and political unrest and upheavals calmed, then there will be implications for the most comfortable of industrialised countries. It is therefore everyone's business." 
The Green Cross Smart Water for Green Schools campaign is expanding in Ghana and Bolivia, and we are working to spread this project to other countries, in doing so providing more safe drinking water and sanition to communities in need. Read our updated background document.
New video with leading scientist and Climate Change Task Force member Sir David King discussing the challenges and opportunities facing the world in face of global warming and population growth and the importance of the Rio+20 conference in June 2012.
Green Cross International has teamed with the UN Environment Programme and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to create the Green Star Awards, which recognize those who have made remarkable efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to environmental emergencies around the world.
Green Cross Argentina has released its new study detailing how the water crisis is playing out in the South American country.
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