Rising bottled water consumption signals safe drinking water goal is under threat, says UN thinktank
Reuters Surging global bottled water consumption reflects the failure by governments to improve public water supplies which is putting the UN sustainable development goal of safe drinking water by 2030 under threat, a UN academic think tank said on Thursday. The bottled water market saw 73 per cent growth from 2010 to 2020, and consumption […]
Quick facts: Enough water to go round? Not without fairer sharing
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Water use has been increasing worldwide by about one per cent a year since the 1980s and researchers expect it to rise a further 20 to 30 per cent from today’s level by 2050. Demand has surged in developing countries and emerging economies, but water use per person in most of […]