Water scarcity already affects every continent. Around 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world's population, live in areas of physical scarcity, and 500 million people are approaching ...

Scientists warn that climate change is worsening water shortages. Water gaps could increase by 6% at 1.5°C warming and 15% at ...

Water scarcity is a global crisis, with billions of people lacking access to safe drinking water, Abdulla Balalaa, UAE Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, said on ...

The severity of global water scarcity was brought into sharp focus by a paper published last year by researchers at the University of Twente. Their findings were bleak: around four billion people, ...

Water moves around the world in "atmospheric rivers" as part of the global water cycle, explained the report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. Water evaporates from ground ...

Water scarcity around the world is a bigger problem than ever, and desalination is critical to solving it. The best available technologies for separating salt from seawater, though, are costly and ...

Within states, the effects of water scarcity on lives and livelihoods ... to anticipate and address water-related problems around the world. Improved data sources and methods, including satellite ...

Currently, approximately four billion people experience water scarcity for at least one month each year ... gaps” – shortfalls where water demand exceeds supply – around the world, and project how ...

"Water scarcity is one of the greatest challenges ... "Water gaps are already an issue for communities around the world, resulting in either inadequate supplies of water or environmental ...

DUBAI, 11th February, 2025 (WAM) - The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative and the World Bank signed a Memorandum of ...

Water scarcity is not just a problem in developing ... sanitation and hygiene around the world,” says Emilio Tenuta, Chief Sustainability Officer at Ecolab, a company that specialises in the ...

Dubai, February 11, 2025 – The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative and the World Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to collaborate on efforts to accelerate innovation and investment ...