A report by the U.N. Meteorological Agency notes that large parts of the world are unprepared for floods, hurricanes, and droughts due to climate change.
According to the report by the United Nations World Meteorological Organisation, development agencies, and other groups, the need for better finance and coordination of water management issues between countries is also important.
According to the report, the number of people with insufficient access to water will rise to over 5 billion by 2050. As the population increases, it will be 3.6 billion in 2018.
Measures advocated in this report included improved warning systems for areas prone to flooding and drought, for instance, to spot when the Paraguay River is expected to swell.
The report calls for better co-ordination between countries in the field of global water management.
“We need to wake up to the looming water crisis,”Petteri Taalas
“We need to wake up to the looming water crisis,” Petteri Taalas, secretary generals of the International Meteorological Organisation, said.
Since the year 2000, the report states that the number of worldwide flood-related disasters has increased by 134% compared to the previous two decades.
The greatest dry economic losses have been in North America, Asia and the Caribbean, according to the report.
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