Matt Damon leans on Davos delegates to solve world’s water shortage

As 3,000 delegates trudged through thick Davos snow to meetings and parties, one thing they were not short of was water. But that did not stop the  Hollywood A-lister Matt Damon taking centre stage to launch a campaign to combat water scarcity.

It is an issue that is threatening developing economies around the world in a way that risks spilling over to the rest of the world. Water scarcity has been a regular feature in the World Economic Forum’s list of top threats for the past seven years. Damon is trying to change this through water.org, the company established by the star in 2009 with Gary White, an engineer, and entrepreneur. It uses private money to do public good, helping some of the 663 million people who do not have access to clean water.