US EditionWorld Enters ‘Era of Global Water Bankruptcy’, UN Warns
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Almost unnoticed, the UN report on water has launched a scream that should have awakened even the most sleepy of our rulers. But nothing. Global Water Bankruptcy is the peremptory title of the study carried out mainly by Kaveh Madani, director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health of the University of the United Nations, in view of the water conference next December. Yes, because the water crisis is no longer temporary but irreversi…
World Enters New Era Of Water Crisis, UN Says
The world has entered the era of “global water bankruptcy” as water systems relied on by six billion people, and half of the world’s food production, are pushed beyond the point of recovery, a United Nations (UN) report has found. The report marks the first time UN scientists have declared water systems “bankrupt” rather than […]
The concepts poured into this section do not necessarily reflect the editorial line of NODAL. We consider it important that they be known because they contribute to a comprehensive vision of the region. Damian Carrington * The world has entered an era of “global water bank” that is hurting billions of people, according to a report [...] The UN entry: the era of the “world water bank” has arrived – By Damian Carrington appears first in NODAL.
World enters ‘era of global water bankruptcy’, UN warns
Major report calls for a fundamental reset of the global water agenda as overconsumption pushes many water sources beyond recovery.The world is in a new era of 'water bankruptcy', the UN has warnedA combination of chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, pollution and climate change are making the world’s water supply ‘bankrupt’, the UN has warned.A major report by the UN spells out the probl…
Water is our basic food. Without food, a person can survive a few weeks, but without water only a few days. The right to water is a
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DesinformémonosThe world has entered a new phase of the civilizing crisis: global water bankruptcy. It is no longer a question, as we were warned for decades, of water stress or an avoidable water crisis with technical adjustments or gestures of goodwill. United Nations agencies themselves now recognize what socio-environmental movements have been denouncing for years: the planet’s water systems are being exhausted at a rate higher than their resilience (UNU-I…
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