Human rights must guide water and environmental action.
Water Action = Climate Action . A new UN-Water Policy Brief calls for policies that protect both people and ecosystems.
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Impactful Water Solutions.
The Rome Water Dialogue session on "Impactful Water Solutions" will bring together FAO Members, partners and water experts to discuss impactful solutions on water resource management for resilient agriculture and food security. This session will cover various aspects of water management, such as water infrastructure and investment, water science and innovation, climate resilience, and water-disaster risk reduction. Watch WD01 - Rome Water Dialogue: Impactful water solutions! Agencies, Funds & Programmes
Extreme events.
Over the period 2009–2019, Floods nearly 55,000 deaths (including 5,110 in 2019 alone), affected another 103 million people (including 31,000 in 2019 alone) and caused US$76.8 billion in economic losses (including US$36.8 billion in 2019 alone). Over the same period, Droughts affected over 100 million people, killing over 2,000 people more, and directly causing over US$10 billion in economic losses. Globally, Floods and extreme rainfall events have increased by more than 50% over the past decade, occurring at a rate four times greater than in 1980. Climatic variations is expected to further increase the frequency and severity of floods and droughts .
Climate and WASH.
Climate-related hazards, shocks and stresses present a growing threat to WASH services. Governments and development partners are responding to the risks of climate change by addressing climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation. This section focuses on how countries and development partners are defining climate-resilient WASH, how climate is included in WASH policies/plans (including reaching populations disproportionally affected by climate change), climate risk assessments, monitoring climate-resilient WASH , climate finance and development partner support to WASH and climate In the GLAAS 2024/2025 cycle, countries and development partners were asked how they define climate-resilient WASH. Thirty-nine per cent of countries (37 of 96) reported having a national definition of climate-resilient WASH and below are some of the definitions. • Belize : Climate-resilient WASH refers to WASH services and behaviours that continue to deliver benefits, or are appropriately restored, wit...
Risk and Resilience.
Water shortages consistently rank among the global risks of greatest concern to policy-makers and business leaders. In a survey of 525 investors with US$96 trillion in assets, 45% reported exposure to substantive risks from water insecurity – risks that threaten their reputation and license to operate, the security of their water supply chains , their financial stability, and their ability to grow. Among the companies reporting exposure, the combined business value at risk topped out at US$425 billion with about 40% of the risks anticipated to hit within the next 1–3 years. The World Bank estimated that regions affected by water scarcity could see their growth rates decline by as much as 6% of GDP by 2050 as a result of losses in agriculture, health, income and property – sending them into sustained negative growth