{"id":116245,"date":"2023-08-22T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/report-25-of-global-population-faces-extremely-high-water-stress\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T07:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T04:30:12","slug":"report-25-of-global-population-faces-extremely-high-water-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/report-25-of-global-population-faces-extremely-high-water-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: 25% of global population faces extremely high water stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116245\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nNew data from the World Resources Institute (WRI) reveals that one-quarter of the global population, residing in 25 countries, experience extremely high water-stressed conditions every year. This is based on WRI\u2019s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, a part of WRI\u2019s information platform reporting on water-related risks to governments, companies, and NGOs since 2011. The data also confirms that a minimum of 50% of the world\u2019s population face high levels of water stress for at least one month every year.<\/p>\n<p>WRI notes that smaller gaps between water supply and demand indicate higher vulnerability to water shortages. Where a country accessing at least 80% of its supply falls under the \u201cextreme water stress\u201d scenario and with a 40% consumption rate falls under the \u201chigh water risk\u201d scenario. The most water-stressed nations include Bahrain, Cyprus, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman and Qatar, while 83% of the population in the Middle East and North Africa and 74% in South Asia remain exposed to extremely high water-stressed conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Aqueduct data predicts an increase in the global water demand of 20% to 25% by 2050, which would cause 100% of the population residing in the Middle East and North Africa to experience extremely high water stress by 2050. WRI is warning that a failure in implementing better water management policies can expose 31% of global GDP ($70trn) to high water stress by 2050, up from 24% ($15trn) in 2010, including 7% to 12% projected GDP losses in India, China and Central Asia. It is evident that water-related risks and insecurities are a global concern, impacting consumers, water-reliant industries and financial and political stability worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>According to WRI, an investment of 1% of the global GDP is required to solve the current water challenges. WRI is urging countries to enhance water governance, promote water-efficient agriculture, adopt integrated water management, and invest in nature-based solutions for water infrastructure. It is also suggesting that water-scare nations to prioritise water-efficient energy sources. Additionally, it is proposing the formation of urban water resilience plans and wastewater reuse systems, alongside the adoption of water-efficient irrigation methods and crops by farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Recent CDP reports revealed that even though a majority of businesses and financial institutions now have climate-based targets and strategies, most of them fall short of the required water-related reporting and policies. WRI is advocating for companies to establish science-based water targets aligned with sustainability, while urging international lenders to offer strategic debt relief, like debt-for-nature swaps, to encourage biodiversity and resilient infrastructure investment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edie.net\/report-25-of-global-population-faces-extremely-high-water-stress\/\">edie.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/report-25-of-global-population-faces-extremely-high-water-stress\/\">Report: 25% of global population faces extremely high water stress<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,757,2005,362,540,454],"class_list":["post-116245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-global","tag-population","tag-report","tag-stress","tag-water"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}