In the latest issue of UN Chronicle magazine, Claudia Sadoff, IWMI’s director general, examines how people in high-risk areas of Africa and Asia can come to grips with water security in the face of climate change.
Below is an excerpt from her article:
In a landmark study published a decade ago, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) suggested that under likely scenarios the world’s freshwater supplies should be adequate to meet future demands from agriculture, industry and other sectors. A lot has happened since then that makes it difficult today to frame this essentially accurate conclusion in such optimistic terms. It is clear now that, without significant improvement in water management, we can no longer assure sustainable development in the face of climate change and related pressures.
Read the full article in the UN Chronicle magazine.
