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The document summarizes the global issues around access to clean water and sanitation. Over 780 million people worldwide lack access to clean water, and 2.5 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation facilities. As a result, around 6-8 million people die each year from water-borne diseases. Many regions, especially in Africa, face water scarcity issues, with over 300 million people in sub-Saharan Africa living in water-stressed environments. Women in Africa and Asia often walk long distances, around 6 kilometers on average, to collect water for their households. Lack of clean water and sanitation is one of the leading causes of death for children in developing nations.
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The document discusses facts about the global water crisis, including that 3.575 million people die each year from water-related diseases, mostly children under 14 in developing countries. 884 million people, or 1 in 8 people, lack access to safe water supplies. Poor people in slums often pay 5-10 times more per liter of water than wealthy people in the same city. Each year, 1.4 million children die from diarrhea due to unsafe water, inadequate sanitation, or poor hygiene.
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Roughly 663 million people lack access to safe drinking water and 1.8 billion drink unsafe water daily. An estimated 2.4 billion people lack adequate sanitation. Water and sanitation projects provide strong economic returns, with every $1 invested returning $4-34. Children are most affected by the global water crisis - 17% of child deaths are from diarrheal diseases, with 760,000 children under 5 dying each year and reductions in water collection time found to increase school attendance rates.
Water resources
Water is an essential resource for all life on Earth, yet only a small percentage is available for human use. Most of the Earth's water is salt water located in oceans, while freshwater is found in ice caps, glaciers, groundwater, lakes, and rivers. However, water scarcity is a growing problem as over two billion people lack access to clean drinking water and agriculture, which uses 70% of the world's freshwater, is inefficient. Conservation of our limited freshwater resources is critical to sustain life and protect the environment.
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My first publication at UNICEF sheds light on the impacts of climate change on children's access to safe water and sanitation. If you think about it, it's staggering how more than 7.3 billion people have to compete over the extremely small fraction (definitely less than 1%) of the planet's available water resources -- and it'll only exacerbate as climate change continues. Who will suffer the most? The poorest children in the most vulnerable regions, such as coastal areas or the regions with extreme heat stress. Check out this short brief prepared for #COP22 and stay tuned for the full report by next year's #Worldwaterday! So honored and privileged to work with the amazing colleagues. PROGRAMME DIVISION (WASH SECTION): Jose Gesti Canuto, Cecilia Scharp DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION: Philippa Lysaght DIVISION OF DATA, RESEARCH AND POLICY (PSN SECTION): Yoonie Choi, Christine Klauth, Cornelius Kuteesa, Nicholas Rees, Shangning Wang(graphic design）
How do people use water resources
The document discusses different uses of water resources around the world. It states that 69% of global water use is for agriculture through irrigation, 15% is for industrial purposes like power plants and manufacturing, 15% is for household uses like drinking, bathing and sanitation, and a small percentage is for recreational and environmental uses. It also provides information on the distribution of Earth's water and the importance of water for life. Clean water is crucial for health, and countries need to promote conservation and sustainable water practices.
Water scarcity
This document provides information about environmental change and water scarcity. It discusses how only 3% of the world's water is freshwater, and this freshwater is distributed unevenly. It then covers several causes of water scarcity like climate change, population growth, and pollution. Various impacts of water scarcity are explained such as lack of access to drinking water, hunger, disease spread, and conflict over water resources. Solutions to water scarcity discussed include recycling water, improving farming practices, and supporting clean water initiatives. The document also contains country-specific information about water scarcity in India.
GLOBAL ISSUES OR WASTE-SIDE STORIES
The document discusses several global environmental issues including hunger, water scarcity, deforestation, desertification, and climate change. Regarding hunger, over 1 billion people are hungry, 16,000 children die daily from hunger, and malnutrition contributes to one-third of child deaths. Water scarcity is exacerbated by population growth and unequal distribution, affecting over 2 billion people without access to clean water. Deforestation rates are high in several countries and contribute significantly to carbon emissions and species loss. Desertification reduces habitable land area as vegetation cover declines. Conflicts over freshwater resources have emerged in many regions.
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- 3. Estimates from the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) show that in 2008, 59% of Kenyans had access to improved drinking water sources.19% of Kenyans are reported as having access to piped water through a house or yard connection. According to the JMP estimates, access to improved water sources in urban areas decreased from 91% in 1990 to 83% in 2008.