UN warns of 'vampiric' consumption of world's water

STORY: The UN has warned that 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining the world's water

Date: March 23, 2023

The UN hosted its first conference on water security in almost half a century

to exhort governments to better manage the world’s water resources

[Zac Goldsmith, UK Climate and Environment minister]

“Water scarcity is a daily reality. 4.3 billion people struggle for at least one month per year, and around half the world's population experience extreme water scarcity for at least some part of the year.”

[Source: United Nations]

A quarter of the world's population relies on unsafe drinking water

while half lacks basic sanitation