The world has entered what United Nations scientists describe as an era of global “water bankruptcy,” with 6.1 billion people ...

Over-allocation of water, chronic groundwater depletion, pollution and climate change have pushed the world into a drastic ...

For decades, we have heard many warnings about a global water crisis. However, a new UN-supported report states that these ...

United Nations researchers say the planet has blown past a simple “water crisis” and into something more structural: a kind ...

Life around the world has been feeling the effects of climate change, land degradation, deforestation, pollution and the overuse of water. Ultimately, most regions are using too much of their ...

The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can ...

Water sources are being depleted faster than they can be restored, according to a new report from United Nations researchers.

Water systems are being depleted faster than nature can replenish them, and many can no longer return to their historical ...

Some of the impacts to water systems are irreversible, according to the report.

United Nations water experts are calling for the formal recognition of a new era of global water “bankruptcy”, arguing that ...

A recent UN-linked assessment reveals a significant global water crisis, with half of the world's largest cities experiencing ...

Madeleine Finlay speaks to Patrick Wintour, who has been reporting on Iran’s water crisis, while Prof Mohammad Shamsudduha of UCL explains what can be done to bring water supplies back from the brink ...