BSS, Dhaka :
At least 40 percent of the world’s people are affected by water scarcity at present, with as many as 700 million people at risk of being displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030.
More than two billion people are compelled to drink unsafe water and more than 4.5 billion people do not have safely
managed sanitation services, according to a report of the High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW). The HLPW handed over the outcome of the report on Thursday to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Senior Representative of the World Bank President at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA.
The panel’s report found that women and girls suffer disproportionately when water and sanitation are lacking, affecting health and often restricting work and education opportunities.
“80 percent of wastewater is discharged untreated into the environment and water-related disasters account for 90 percent of the 1,000 most devastating natural disasters since 1990,” it revealed.
The High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW) consisting of 11 Heads of State and a Special Adviser of the UN, however, called for a fundamental shift in the way the world manages water so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular SDG6, can be achieved.
At least 40 percent of the world’s people are affected by water scarcity at present, with as many as 700 million people at risk of being displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030.
More than two billion people are compelled to drink unsafe water and more than 4.5 billion people do not have safely
managed sanitation services, according to a report of the High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW). The HLPW handed over the outcome of the report on Thursday to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Senior Representative of the World Bank President at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA.
The panel’s report found that women and girls suffer disproportionately when water and sanitation are lacking, affecting health and often restricting work and education opportunities.
“80 percent of wastewater is discharged untreated into the environment and water-related disasters account for 90 percent of the 1,000 most devastating natural disasters since 1990,” it revealed.
The High-Level Panel on Water (HLPW) consisting of 11 Heads of State and a Special Adviser of the UN, however, called for a fundamental shift in the way the world manages water so that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular SDG6, can be achieved.
