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Urgent need to manage water more sustainably

ECONOMY ENVIRONMENT WATER FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD Glaciars EXPANDING Solar Radiation AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS ARE CENTRAL TO SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND ALL FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES Plants THROUGH WATER Precipitations WATER IS AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING FOOD, ELECTRICITY Animals Surface Water Groundwater Nutrients AND MOST MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS. SOCIETY 3 BILLIONS PEOPLE LACK ACCESS TO THERE IS A NEED TO SHIFT TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT ALSO CONSIDER THE IN 2012 2,5 BILLIONS INTERCONNECTION OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS THE WATER AND SOCIETY RELATIONSHIP 'NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE' USES DRINKING WATER THAT IS REALLY SAFE IN PAKISTAN HUMAN IMPACTS AND MAINTAIN PRODUCTIVE ECOSYSTEMS. ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES TO PROVIDE IMPACTS OF 3 YEARS OF REPEATED (2010-2012) EI MANY OF THE SAME SERVICES THAT IN SOME CASES, HUMAN-BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE CAN CAUSE BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND DEGRADATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. HUMAN-BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE DOES. ELOODS WATER SUPPLY (QUANTITY AND QUALITY) 1/4 POPULATION 1/5 POPULATION IT OFFERS MANY ECONOMIC BENEFITS, LIVES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THAT FACE WATER SHORTAGES DUE TO LIVES IN AREAS WHERE WATER IS PHYSICALLY SCARCE PEOPLE MUST BE RELIABLE AND PREDICTABLE TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REDUCES RISKS FROM WATER SCARCITY AND WATER-RELATED DISASTERS SUCH AS FLOODS AND DROUGHTS INCREASES THE RESILIENCE OF ECONOMIES. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED OF NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE • 3,072 LIVES LOST REQUIRES INVESTMENT IN BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE TO PERFORM THOSE • us $16 BILLIONS IN DAMAGES • CUT THE EXPECTED ANNUAL GROWTH RATE IN HALF (2.9% INSTEAD OF THE PROJECTED 6.5%) DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SANITATION PFACILITIES SAME SERVICES. WEAK GOVERNANCE INFRASTRUCTURES TO TRANSPORT WATER o0-0000000000 FROM RIVERS AND LAKES IS INSUFFICIENT INVESTING IN IMPROVED WATER MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES IS ONE PREREQUISITE TO REDUCING POVERTY AND ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE IMPACTS OF NEGLECTFUL WATER MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH POOR PEOPLE RECEIVE VERY DIRECT THE CHALLENGE IS TO MANAGE WATER RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN A BENEFICIAL BALANCE BETWEEN BUILT AND NATURAL BENEFITS OVER 80% OF WASTEWATER WORLDWIDE Is NOT COLLECTED OR TREATED. INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVISION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SERVICES. THE RELATION BETWEEN WATER AND POVERTY FROM POVERTY IMPROVED IMPROVED WATER SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS AGRO-PROCESSORS, TEXTILE DYEING AND TANNERIES, CAN RELEASE TOXIC POLLUTANTS INTO LOCAL WATERS. SANITATION WATER IS A TWO-WAY STREET SERVICES SERVICES UNTREATED EFFLUENT FROM URBAN SETTLEMENTS AND INDUSTRY ACCESS TO ADEQUATE AND SAFE WATER SUPPLIES IS ESSENTIAL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION, YET POVERTY ITSELF CAN BE A DRIVER OF POLLUTION AND UNSUSTAINABLE USE OF WATER RESOURCES. THROUGH POSES A MAJOR HEALTH THREAT TO PEOPLE, THE ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. BETTER HEALTH REDUCED HEALTH COST TIME SAVING INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY DEFORESTATION ttttttttttt RESULTS IN DEGRADATION AND DESERTIFICATION OF WATERSHEDS AND CATCHMENT AREAS, AND REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF SAFE WATER AVAILABLE DOWNSTREAM. CURRENT FOOD PRODUCTION PRACTICES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS AND PESTICIDE LOADING AND FISHERIES DEPLETION. 100% o THE OVERALL DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND THROUGH 2050 MORE THAN 80% OF THE WORLD'S IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN US$4.3 AND US$20.2 TRILLION PER YEAR POPULATION LIVES IN COUNTRIES 75% O BRICS COUNTRIES (70%) WORTH OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES WERE LOST BETWEEN 1997 AND 2011 DUE TO LAND USE CHANGE. OECD COUNTRIES (65%) WHERE THE INCOME DISPARITIES ARE WIDENING ** DROUGHTS *tt IN THE UNITED STATES, THE 2012 DROUGHT AFFECTED 80% OF FARMS AND RANCHES, RESULTING IN CROP LOSSES IN EXCESS OF US$20 BILLION AND A WIDE RANGE OF RIPPLE EFFECTS. 50% O BASIC PROVISION OF WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES IS REQUIRED TO UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, PARTICULARLY TO BREAK THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF LOW PRODUCTIVITY LINKED TO POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (40%) 25% O MANIFACTURING INDUSTRY (7-22%) HEALTH AND LACK OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAINTAINS POVERTY AND ECONOMIC STAGNATION. THE FULL COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AS HIGH AS Us$50 BILLION. 0% 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 TIME TO CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEMS, THREATENING BIODIVERSITY, WHILE INCREASED FREQUENCY AND STRENGTH OF STORMS AND TIDAL SURGES WILL INCREASE DAMAGE AND VARIATION OF SEDIMENT ENHANCING WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT CONTRIBUTES TO FOUR KEY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY REDUCTION IMPROVED GENDER EQUALITY IS A KEY TO BOOSTING WATER MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS. ONE 2012 ESTIMATE SUGGESTS THAT CUTTING JUST 15 MINUTES OFF THE WALKING TIME TO A THE CREATION OF 'GREEN CORRIDORS' ALONG RIVERS, FLOODPLAINS AND STREAMS CAN LINK ECOSYSTEMS, THUS TRANSFER IN RIVER FLOWS. ABSORBING NUTRIENTS AND REDUCING WATER POLLUTION. WATER SOURCE COULD REDUCE UNDER-FIVE CHILD MORTALITY BY 11% AND THE PREVALENCE OF NUTRITION-DEPLETING DIARRHOEA BY 41%. ECONOMIC GROWTH THERE IS A NEED TO ENHANCED LIVEHOODS SECURITY CHANGE THE WAY WE VALUE, MANAGE WATER PROVIDES LIVELIHOOD AND ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES, GENERATING HIGH AND USE WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND TO REFOCUS INVESTMENTS THE REAL CHALLENGE IS IN BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS. A RANGE OF PRODUCTION J ACTIVITIES REQUIRE RELIABLE WATER SUPPLIES RETURNS FOR LOCAL ECONOMIES IN GHANA, A 15-MINUTE REDUCTION IN WATER COLLECTION TIME INCREASED GIRLS' SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BY 8% TO 12%. 12% AS POPULATIONS INCREASE AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DECLINE, THE RISK OF RESOURCE CONFLICTS RISES ESPECIALLY WHERE TENSIONS ALREADY EXIST. POLICIES SHOULD SEEK TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS ECOSYSTEM VALUATION IS BASED ON WHAT USERS WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY DIRECTLY FOR SERVICES, OR WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REPLACE THE SAME SERVICES WITH BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE. HYGIENE IMPROVES HEALTH AND REDUCES POVERTY 8% (LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL) INCLUDING RURAL WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, WHO ALREADY ACT AS GRASSROOTS ECOSYSTEM MANAGERS. REDUCED VULNERABILITY IMPROVED ACCESS TO SAFE REDUCING THE RISKS AND IMPACTS OF HAZARDS RELATED TO VOLATILE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AS WELL AS A us$15 TO uS$30 BILLION INVESTMENT WATER, BASIC SANITATION AND IMPROVED HYGIENE SUSTAINING THE GAINS OF IN IMPROVED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN HAVE DIRECT ANNUAL INCOME RETURNS IN THE RANGE OF US$60 BILLION, ECONOMIC PROGRESS REQUIRES INVESTING IN THE PROTECTION OF ECOSYSTEMS FOR MAINTAINING THE VARIOUS WATER-RELATED ------ IS ONE OF THE MOST UNSUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS AND SHOCKS FROM WATER RELATED 0% EFFECTIVE WAYS TO 15 MINUTES LESS IMPROVE HEALTH NATURAL DISASTERS EVERY USSI CAN SAVE ANYWHERE INVESTED IN WATERSHED PROTECTION 60' 45' 30' 15 0' 3 THE CONTENT OF THIS INFOGRAPHIC HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT (WWDR) 2015. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT AT: WWW.UNESCO.ORG/WATER/WWAP ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES @UNWWAPUNESCO DISTANCE TO WAT ER SOURCE (IN MINUTES) FROM US$7.5 TO NEARLY US$200 IN COSTS THEY PROVIDE, AND UPON WHICH THE ECONOMY DEPENDS. wWW.UNESCO/WATER/WWAP FOR A NEW WATER TREATMENT AND FILTRATION FACILITY. DESIGNED MARCO TONSINI WAT ER DEMAND EDUCATION (IN PERCENTAGE)

Urgent need to manage water more sustainably

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Urgent action is needed to avoid the planet from facing a 40% shortfall in water supply by 2030. We must dramatically improve the way water is managed globally, in the face of ever-rising demand and t...

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