In the next quarter century, more than half of the world’s food production will be at risk due to the rapidly growing water crisis. This is reported in the report of the Global Commission on Water Economy.
Half of the world’s population already faces water scarcity, and this number will increase as the climate crisis worsens. Experts predict that demand for freshwater will exceed supply by 40% by the end of the decade due to unprecedented pressure on the world’s water systems.
The Commission believes that governments and experts greatly underestimate the amount of water people need to live a decent life. If each person needs 50 to 100 liters per day to maintain health and hygiene, then for adequate nutrition and a decent life people need about 4000 liters per day.
Since this volume is not available in most parts of the world, people depend on trade in food and consumer goods to meet their needs.
Singapore President and commission co-chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam said countries should start cooperating on water management before it is too late.
We previously wrote that the Sahara Desert was flooded due to heavy rains. Watch the video here.
Source: People Talk
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