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\n The world is facing an \u201cunprecedented water crisis<\/a>\u201d driven by soaring demand and the accelerating climate crisis, according to a new report.\n <\/p>\n

\n A quarter of the world\u2019s population currently faces \u201cextremely high water stress\u201d each year, with an additional 1 billion people <\/strong>expected to be affected by 2050, according the World Resources Institute\u2019s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas published Wednesday.\n <\/p>\n

\n Extremely high water stress means countries are using almost all the water they have \u2013 at least 80% of their renewable supply, according to the report, which is published every four years.\n <\/p>\n

\n The report found that 25 countries, representing 25% of the global population, experience extremely high water stress each year, with Bahrain, Cyprus, Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman the five most affected. Even a short-term drought could put these places at risk of running out of water.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWater is arguably our most important resource on the planet and yet we\u2019re not managing it in a way that reflects that,\u201d said Samantha Kuzma, Aqueduct data lead from WRI\u2019s water program and a report author. <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI\u2019ve been working in water for close to 10 years, and unfortunately, the story has been the same almost the entire 10 years,\u201d Kuzma told CNN.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Globally, demand for water has more than doubled since 1960, and the report projects that it will rise by a further 20 to 25% by 2050.\n <\/p>\n

\n Increased water demand stems from a range of factors, including growing populations and the demands of industries such as agriculture, along with unsustainable water use policies and a lack of investment in infrastructure.\n <\/p>\n

\n In the Middle East and North Africa, the world\u2019s most water-stressed regions, the entire population will live with extremely high water stress by mid-century, the report predicts, affecting drinking water supplies, damaging industries and potentially fueling political conflict.\n <\/p>\n

\n The biggest change in water demand will occur in sub-Saharan Africa according to the report, which projects a 163% increase in water demand by 2050.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cOne look at sub-Saharan Africa, we see demand for water skyrocketing,\u201d Kuzma said, mainly for domestic water use and crop irrigation.\n <\/p>\n

\n In North America and Europe, water demand has plateaued, helped by investment in water use efficiency measures. But that doesn\u2019t mean parts of these regions aren\u2019t affected.\n <\/p>\n

\n In the US, six states experience extremely high water stress, according to the report. Six of the seven states in the Colorado River Basin<\/a>, including Arizona and New Mexico, are in the top 10 most water-stressed states in the US.\n <\/p>\n

\n Water resources also extend beyond country borders, Kuzma said. \u201cWe\u2019re all impacted if water stress is essentially turning off the tap and preventing different countries from producing certain commodities.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n And, under it all, climate change is worsening the crisis.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWater is how climate change most directly impacts people around the world,\u201d said Charles Iceland, global director of water with WRI\u2019s Food, Forests, Water, and the Ocean Program.\n <\/p>\n

\n Climate change fuels increasingly severe and prolonged droughts and heat waves, which make water supplies much less reliable<\/a>. A lack of water also makes it harder for people to survive these extremes.\n <\/p>\n

\n Even if the world manages to limit warming to 1.3 to 2.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels \u2013 an \u201coptimistic\u201d scenario according to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change \u2013 an additional 1 billion people are expected to live in extremely high water stress conditions by 2050, according to the report.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Water stress costs lives, threatens food security and causes energy outages.\n <\/p>\n

\n The report suggests various measures to prevent water stress spilling into a water crisis. These include nature-based measures, such as preserving and restoring wetlands and forests, farmers adopting more efficient watering techniques such as drip irrigation, and policymakers focusing on energy sources that don\u2019t rely so heavily on water, such as solar and wind.\n <\/p>\n

\n Places like Las Vegas and Singapore have shown it\u2019s possible to manage very scarce water resources through policies such as wastewater treatment and reuse and removing water-thirsty plants, the report authors wrote.\n <\/p>\n

\n But globally, action is lagging, according to the report.\n <\/p>\n

\n Dieter Gerten, research group leader at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, who was not involved in the report, told CNN that the findings bring home the scale of the challenge the world faces and the need to urgently implement measures to tackle it.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThis report once more reminds us that the sheer sum of acute and chronic water stress symptoms \u2013 which now affect large parts of the Earth and the life of billions of people \u2013 leads us to the brink of a global water crisis.\u201d\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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