Global water crisis sparks calls for more action

Experts, leaders and social groups at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, have called for action on water adaptation and resilience in the fight against climate change.

They noted that human-induced climate change is not only making water scarcer due to droughts and rapid evaporation, but it is also increasing the frequency of heavy rainfall events and accelerating the melting of glaciers.

Hani Sewilam, Egypt's minister of water resources and irrigation, said the global water crisis is currently affecting billions of people worldwide and is projected to be further aggravated by increasing demand, changing water availability and increasing impacts of floods and droughts.