The 2026 report is ultimately a call to act. By placing gender equality at the heart of water governance, it argues, ...

A new UN report outlines how vanishing lakes, overdrawn aquifers, and rapidly melting glaciers are pushing billions toward acute water shortages and adding pressure to food systems worldwide. Stacey ...

Picture this: you wake up tomorrow and turn the tap, but nothing comes out. No shower. No coffee. No water to cook with or clean with. For millions of people across the globe, this isn't a nightmare ...

Water scarcity is one of the most pressing development challenges of our time. Today, 2.4 billion people live in water-stressed countries. Many are smallholder farmers who already struggle to meet ...

The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water ...

In a new report, the United Nations makes clear that we have now entered an era of global water bankruptcy. Not "water stress." Not a "water crisis." We are bankrupt. What happens next depends heavily ...

More than 1.8 billion people lived under drought conditions in 2022 and 2023, according to a report from the United Nations. Daniel Garrido via Getty Images Life around the world has been feeling the ...