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August 21, 2023

World Water Week 2023: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)

Focus: World Water Week observed on 20-24 August 2023 is focused on innovation at a time of unprecedented challenges.
Theme: Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World.
Aim: Explore how water can be a powerful tool to address the climate crisis, global heating, biodiversity loss, poverty, and many other water-related challenges.

Highly Water Stressed Conditions: World Resource Institute (WRI) Report

As per WRI a region is deemed ‘water stressed’ when the demand for water surpasses the available volume or when water quality limitations restrict its use for various purposes.
Global water demand is projected to increase by 20-25% by 2050.
Globally, around four billion people live under highly water stressed conditions for at least one month of the year. By 2050, that number could be closer to 60 per cent.
Around 25 countries or a quarter of the world’s population are currently exposed to extremely high water stress annually.
The most water-stressed regions are West Asia and North Africa, where 83 per cent of the population is exposed to extremely high water stress.

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