I en ny rapport konkluderer OECD-organisationen Global Commission on the Economics of Water, at overforbrug af vand kan føre til udbredt vandmangel i slutningen af dette årti. Rapporten betoner, at nationer skal standse overforbrug af vand, og appellerer til ny praksis for vandforbrug hos landbrug og industri.
Ifølge rapporten skal ferskvand behandles som en yderst begrænset ressource, fordi overforbrug, forurening og klimakrisen truer vandforsyningen globalt. Fra rapporten:
”A sustainable and just water future can be achieved. It requires a sea change in how we value, manage and use water. That begins with treating water as what it is: our most precious global collective good, essential to protecting all ecosystems and all life. And recognising that we confront a water crisis that is now systemic. One that is both local and global, with nations and regions connected through the water cycle in ways more profound than previously thought. One that interacts with global warming and the loss of biodiversity, in ways that exacerbate all three. One that imperils all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): from SDG 6, ensuring universal access to safe water and sanitation; to food security and health; to ending poverty and inequalities; to enabling trade for sustainable growth; to our chances of delivering the Paris Climate Agreement, and avoiding conflict within and across borders.”
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