InTheNews.co.uk: The United Nations secretary-general has warned that climate-driven water shortages are fuelling conflicts worldwide. Ban Ki-moon said many of today’s conflicts are being exacerbated by water shortages and that climate change is making the situation worse. "Increasingly, fights are erupting over such basic human needs as water or arable land," he told the general assembly. "I find this trend deeply worrying, especially because such shortages are only …