EurActiv: Protecting water resources should rank among the top priorities of a global deal to mitigate climate change as it will “secure the basis for food, energy, health and economic development, thereby ensuring a nation’s ability to thrive,” write Dr. Mark Smith, head of the Water Programme IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and Dr. Ger Bergkamp, director general of the World Water Council, in a March paper. “Water stands at the centre of debate as the medium for action …