Desalination: How can it help tackle water scarcity? | World Economic …
Apr 15, 2024 · Desalination could provide fresh drinking water for people suffering from water stress. So what is it, how does it work and why is it important?
Explainer: What exactly is freshwater and is there enough of it?
Oct 12, 2022 · Most of the water on Earth is saline, with freshwater making up just 3%. Nearly two-thirds of humans face water shortages at least one month a year - UN. Rising global population, …
How to provide safe water to billions of people by 2030
Oct 1, 2021 · According to UN-Water, the rate of progress needs to quadruple. In 2020, a considerable feat was achieved in a particularly tumultuous year: 107 million people gained access to safe …
The regions where people lack access to safe drinking water | World ...
Mar 27, 2023 · Fresh Water Only 25% of people globally have access to safely managed water, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), making water shortages a major social and …
How much water do we really have? A look at the global freshwater ...
Jul 25, 2023 · Understanding the global supply of water As the world’s population and its agricultural needs have grown, so too has the demand for water, putting the world’s supply of water under the …
4 ways to create clean drinking water | World Economic Forum
Mar 13, 2015 · But since electrodialysis tends to work faster and can desalinate larger quantities of water than other methods, researchers are working on ways to make the process better at …
Freshwater demand will exceed supply 40% by 2030, say experts
Mar 22, 2023 · We are facing an unprecedented water crisis, with global freshwater demand predicted to exceed supply by 40% by 2030, says the UN. A new report puts forth urgent actions humans must …
Billions still lack access to safe drinking water – this is a global ...
Apr 19, 2023 · State of the World’s Drinking Water report: One-quarter of the world’s population is left without access to safe drinking water. Image: Unsplash/kellysikkema Water insecurity – including …
Circular water solutions key to sustainable data centres
Nov 7, 2024 · Though data centre operators have started to understand and measure their water consumption, it remains an often-overlooked aspect of core data centre operations compared to …
These 10 start-ups are securing the world's freshwater | World …
Jan 18, 2023 · As innovative technologies continue to advance, a water secure future for all is possible. These 10 start-ups are leading the way - but we need more like them.