United Nations (EFE) has settled in this area.
The analysis, prepared by the Institute for Water, Environment and Health of the UN University, examines a whole series of factors such as access to drinking water, sanitation, health, water quality, availability or stability of supply to assess the situation of each country.
At one extreme, 23 countries have critical levels of water insecurity (among them Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Haiti, Pakistan and Yemen), while at the other only 33 have an adequate situation, mainly European states and a few loose ones. in other regions such as Canada and the United States, Japan, Israel, New Zealand or Australia.
In between, a majority of the world suffers from water insecurity, although not at its most extreme levels, the report’s authors explained at a press conference.
Water insecurity despite having the resource
The experts emphasize that the abundance of water in a country does not necessarily equate to water security and gives the example of many countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America with a lot of water, but with poor quality or little access to sanitation.
One of the main problems identified by the report is that more than 70% of the world’s population does not have access to safely managed water and 10% still do not have basic access to drinking water.
Ending this situation, precisely, was one of the great goals included in the Sustainable Development Goals agreed by the international community in 2015 with a view to 2030.
“Without water security, countries are simply unable to support freshwater ecosystems, livelihoods, and human well-being,” Charlotte MacAlister, the paper’s lead author, said in a statement.
The report was presented within the framework of the UN Water Conference, the first event of its kind in almost 50 years and in which commitments are sought from countries and companies to act in the face of the water crisis that is being experienced globally. .
