ITV News published this video item, entitled “How does a country survive without water? | ITV News” – below is their description.
Malta is an archipelago with an abundance of beautiful landscapes, architectural brilliance, and alluring beaches – an attractive tourist destination for many.
But there is a threat looming. As a country lacking in groundwater, with rising global temperatures, Malta now faces a water scarcity crisis.
Parts of the islands are turning to desert, unable to sustain the same level of food production and threatening the day to day life of the Maltese.
Romilly Weeks meets those tackling the challenges head on and considers whether this problem is the preserve of a select few islands, or a monumental challenge that will one day face us all.
On Assignment is ITV’s current affairs series presented by Rageh Omaar where ITV News journalists contribute in-depth reports from around the world on the stories behind the headlines.
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Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta and formerly Melita, is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Valletta. The official and national language is Maltese, which is descended from Sicilian Arabic that developed during the Emirate of Sicily, while English serves as the second official language. Italian and Sicilian also previously served as official and cultural languages.
Malta has been inhabited since approximately 5900 BC. Its location in the centre of the Mediterranean has historically given it great strategic importance as a naval base.
Malta became a British colony in 1813, and the British Parliament passed the Malta Independence Act in 1964, giving Malta independence from the United Kingdom as the State of Malta, with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and queen. The country became a republic in 1974. It has been a member state of the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations since independence, and joined the European Union in 2004; it became part of the eurozone monetary union in 2008.
Catholicism is the state religion, but the Constitution of Malta guarantees freedom of conscience and religious worship.
