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03/20/2015
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UNESCO report says global water crisis is governance Disclosure / Cesan
United Nations report Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that in the world enough water to meet the growing needs of the consumer, "but not without a dramatic change in the use, management and sharing. According to the document, the global water crisis is governance, much more than the availability of the resource, and sustainable pattern of world consumption is still distant.
According to the organization, in recent decades the water consumption grew twice more than the population and it is estimated that the demand still grow 55% by 2050. Keeping the current patterns of consumption, by 2030 the world will face a deficit in water supply 40%. The data are the United Nations World on the Development of Water Resources 2015 report - Water for a Sustainable World.
The report attributes to several factors the possible lack of water, including the intense urbanization, inadequate agricultural practices and pollution, affecting the supply of clean water in the world. The organization estimates that 20% of aquifers are exploited beyond capacity. Aquifers, which concentrate water supply and underground springs and rivers, are currently responsible for providing drinking water to half the world's population and is from which 43% of the water used in irrigation.
Future challenges will be many. Population growth is estimated at 80 million people per year, estimated to reach 9.1 billion in 2050, with 6.3 billion in urban areas. Agriculture must produce 60% more in the world and 100% more in developing countries by 2050. The demand for water in the manufacturing industry is expected to quadruple in the 2000-2050 period.
According to the official UNESCO Natural Sciences in Italy, Angela Ortigara, member of the World Water Program Evaluation (whose acronym is WWAP) and participated in drafting the report, the intention of the document is to alert governments to encourage sustainable consumption and avoid a serious supply crisis in the future. "One of the issues that countries are already striving to improve is water governance. It is important to improve transparency in decisions and also take measures in an integrated manner with the different sectors that use water. People should feel that part of the solution, "he says.
Each country faces a specific situation. In general, UNESCO recommends mundanças in public administration, investment in infrastructure and education. "Many of the problems facing countries, and go through governance and infrastructure, involves patterns of consumption, which in the long run only achieve change, and education is the tool for this," says the UNESCO Natural Sciences coordinator in Brazil, Ary Grebe.
In Brazil, the concern with the lack of water was highlighted with the water crisis in the Southeast. Before that, the country was experiencing supply problems, for example in Nordetste. Grebe says Brazil has important water reserve, but should invest in a diagnosis to know how is in terms of consumer policy, attention to population and planning. "It's a work in progress. It does not mean that the country has more or less resources can relax. All have to worry about the situation."
The report will be released worldwide today (20) in New Delhi, India, ahead of World Water Day (22). The document was written by WWAP and produced in collaboration with the 31 United Nations agencies and 37 international partners UN-Water. The intention is that the water issue is one of the Sustainable Development Goals, which have been discussed since 2013, following a recommendation from Rio + 20 and that should guide international cooperation activities in the next 15 years.
Source: Agency Brazil
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