'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
23 March 2020 (World Meteorological Organization)* — Fresh water is vital for life. On average, a human being cannot survive more than three days without it. Water is essential for the production of our food, virtually all of our goods and services and for the environment.
22 March 2020 (World Water Day)* — Climate delay is almost as dangerous as climate denial. Every country in the world must work more quickly.
What do we mean when we say: ‘We cannot afford to wait. Climate policy makers must put water at the heart of action plans’?
Extreme weather events are making water more scarce, more unpredictable, more polluted or all three.
Humans need water to survive, as do all the systems we rely on: sanitation, healthcare, education, business and industry.
Action plans to tackle climate change need to be integrated across different sectors and coordinated across borders. And they must have one thing in common: safe and sustainable water management.
Water and Climte Change: What Do We Mean?
22 March 2020 (UN News)* — On World Water Day, the United Nations is calling on everyone to take action to save the planet and its water, with the launch of a flagship report that says reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change will require major changes in the way we use and reuse the Earth’s limited water resources.
– Water is essential and indispensable for life on earth. We know that; and many of us have perhaps heard, written and uttered these words themselves a ‘million’ times.
Primary School students in Grenada are seen here working together to promote awareness on water conservation on World Water Day. Credit: Global Water Partnership
Therefore, I am astonished and increasingly worried about the relatively low-level of attention and priority accorded to water at the practical-political level.
