The countries of the world do not care about the preservation of water resources, and this can cause a global water deficit within 10 years, the UNESCO report published on the occasion of World Water Day.
“Water is our most valuable resource,” Blue Gold “, to which more than 2 billion people do not have direct access. It is not only necessary for survival, but also plays a sanitary, social and cultural role in human societies,” – Quotes TASS general director of the organization Odra Azul.
The authors of the report emphasize that the cost of water should be measured, based not only from its market price, but also from the benefits that its distribution can. At the same time, they recognize that now there is no generally accepted model that would allow a similar assessment.
According to the report of independent estimates, “By 2030, the world will face a global water deficit of 40%,” and the situation will be aggravated by other global problems, including pandemic consequences.
The authors of the report emphasize that in the light of the current sanitary crisis, the problem of providing residents of the Earth to water to meet hygiene needs becomes relevant as ever.
In the report of the organization, it is noted that if “the assessment of the cash value is simple and convenient in agriculture and industry,” then other aspects of the value of water is much more difficult to monetize. In addition, researchers write that it is impossible to “measure the cost of 443 million school days that children are missing annually due to diseases” associated with polluted water.