Water for Peace: World Water Day 2024
With half of the world’s population experiencing water scarcity for at least a month a year,1 we are teetering on the brink of a global crisis. Our freshwater sources are stretched thinner and thinner as our populations grow and climate change exacerbates droughts and floods. 60% of these water sources are shared between borders2 but with only 16% of the countries that rely on them having cooperation agreements,3this pressure can snap quickly and transform water into a trigger for violence, a weapon, or a casualty.