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Five decades after creation UN Water Action Plansome 2.220 million people do not have access to drinking water safe despite being the sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and
Five decades after creation UN Water Action Plansome 2.220 million people do not have access to drinking water safe despite being the sixth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) and over 70% of the world’s population currently living in water insecure areas.
Within World Water Daywhose motto is this year “Water for Peace” Data from the World Bank, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF also indicate that 771 million people do not have access to even basic safe drinking water services.
Water stress, exacerbated by the increasingly frequent and intense impacts of climate change, is affecting different parts of the planet and could lead to conflicts between countries, including European countries, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warned in a recent report. report that says Europe is the continent experiencing the fastest warming.
Report “European Climate Risk Assessment” (EUCRA) The EEA also warns that climate impacts threaten energy and food security, human health, ecosystems, infrastructure and financial stability, and that many of these risks have already reached critical levels, e.g. water shortage, which could unleash “conflicts” in the European Union (EUROPEAN UNION).
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, and the European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevičius, noted this Thursday that “There can be no peace without universal access to water”.
However, since more than 3 billion people depend on water that crosses common borders and there are 468 transboundary aquifer systems, only 24 countries have signed cooperation agreements regarding the water resources they shareaccording to the UN.
On the border between Spain and Portugal, from Portuguese soil there are voices calling for an increase in the flow of the Tagus River on the Spanish side, since, in addition to the impact of global warming, the retention of water volume affects certain activities, especially tourism, downstream after crossing the common border.
In addition, the launch of the first of eleven turbines in Ethiopia to generate energy following the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam has sparked protests from Egypt and Sudan, who fear it will affect the flow of the Nile River, which flows through their territory. territory on their long journey.
Agronomist and technician of the Ecologuestas en Acción (EA) Santiago Martin Barajas explained EFE what influence Climate change causes ‘irreparable damage’ whose environmental consequences will human presence is becoming increasingly “complex across millions of hectares of the planet.”
According to the EO specialist, it is necessary to take into account the social circumstances of each country, because in places where water and crops are directly dependent, if they decline – as is already happening at present – famine and migrationSo The movement of “climate refugees” will increase.
Lack of rainfall and lack of water supply are affecting areas of South and Central America, Africa and Asia.with hundreds of thousands of climate refugees who movement towards the global north, that is, to Europe and North Americawhere social and political exclusion is created.
Lack of rainfall and water has caused food shortages in the Sahel and from March to May 2022, it affected more than 26.5 million people.According to the UN report on SDGs for 2023.
Bangalore city, “Silicon Valley” of India, currently supplied with distribution in tanker trucksa situation already faced by more than 80,000 people in southern Spain, where water cuts continue for several hours a day.
But water shortages are also affecting cities where the UN estimates will be home to 70% of the world’s population by 2050, and where In 2016, about 930 million people suffered from resource shortages, one this figure will rise to 1700-2400 million within 25 years..
According to experts, the water situation forces researchers to constantly look for solutions to conserve and secure resources, solutions that involve the reuse and desalination of seawater, as well as the realization that this resource is depleted.
EFE
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