Almost 3.2 billion people may face ‘absolute water scarcity’ by 2026, says EU
The current population of about 1.6 billion people living in regions of absolute water scarcity may nearly double over the next 10 years if nothing is done to find and provide more water, High Representative/Vice-President of the EU, Federica Mogherini, has said.
Mrs. Mogherini, who was speaking on Monday in Brussels during the 2016 World Water Day, acknowledged water as not just a basic human right, but also a security issue.
“Access to clean water is not just a basic human right,” she noted. “In today’s world, water is a security issue and the control of water resources is still a major driver of conflicts.”
According to her, desertification has destabilized a large portion of land, with droughts and floods identified among the causes for the unprecedented levels of human mobility worldwide.
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