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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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