The food production of more than half of the planet could be threatened in the next 25 years if urgent measures are not taken regarding the use of water resources.
The World Commission for Water Conservation published this warning in a report. According to this report, 50% of the world's population is already facing a water shortage, and this figure is expected to increase as the climate crisis worsens.
Fresh water supplies could drop by 40% by the end of the decade due to excess demand, the report says, as global water systems come under severe pressure. The Commission also discovered that governments and experts around the world have not accurately assessed people's water needs.
According to the report, a person needs 50 to 100 liters of water per day for health and cleanliness, but for a good life and nutrition, a person needs 4000 liters of water per day. In most areas, this amount of water is not available locally, so people have to rely on trade to meet their needs for food, clothing, and other goods.
The report also states that more than 2 billion people worldwide struggle to access clean drinking water, while 3.6 billion people do not have access to safe sewage disposal. According to the report, 1,000 children die every day due to a lack of clean water.
The impact of the climate crisis was first felt in global hydrological systems, and in some regions these systems are at the point of collapse, the commission said.Drought in the Amazon, floods in Europe and Asia, and melting snow in the mountains have had consequences that are expected to increase the severity of droughts and floods.
The report says that excessive human use of water will worsen the climate crisis, but there is no concerted effort to prevent this crisis in the world.The commission said that countries around the world should promote mutual cooperation on water resources or risk seeing their global GDP drop by 8% by 2050.
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