Julia Simon
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24-year-old Juveles Morales Blanco grew up in a fishing community along Colombia's Magdalena River.
The community is also downstream of a major oil refinery and experienced many oil spills.
In 2019, Morales Blanco learned that her community would be the site of a pilot project for fracking.
Fracking involves injecting water and chemicals to extract oil and gas.
She founded a youth-led anti-fracking organization, which helped lead to Colombia's moratorium against fracking.
Next week, Colombia is hosting a major international conference where dozens of countries, including the UK, the Netherlands, Nigeria, and Australia, will discuss how to transition away from fossil fuels.
Desalination is the process of using electricity to separate seawater into a salty solution on one side and fresh water on the other.
Across the Middle East, countries rely heavily on the process.
Qatar and Bahrain get more than 90 percent of their drinking water from it.
As climate change increases the severity of droughts, experts see desalination plants as a key adaptation tool.
Since the recent war began, strikes have hit plants in Iran as well as Kuwait and Bahrain.
Earlier this week, President Trump wrote on social media that the U.S.
may strike more Iranian desalination plants.
Civilian infrastructure sites like water plants are banned as targets by international law.
Desalination is the process of using electricity to separate seawater into a salty solution on one side and fresh water on the other.
Across the Middle East, countries rely heavily on the process.
Qatar and Bahrain get more than 90 percent of their drinking water from it.