Water-related challenges:
- 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services. (WHO/UNICEF 2017)
- 4.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. (WHO/UNICEF 2017)
- 340,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases. (WHO/UNICEF 2015)
- Water scarcity already affects four out of every 10 people. (WHO)
- 90% of all natural disasters are water-related. (UNISDR)
- 80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused (UNESCO, 2017).
- Around two-thirds of the world’s transboundary rivers do not have a cooperative management framework. (SIWI)
- Agriculture accounts for 70% of global water withdrawal. (FAO)
- Roughly 75% of all industrial water withdrawals are used for energy production. (UNESCO, 2014)