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Climate change and water scarcity
November 19 , 2023
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- Nearly 350 million children are struggling with “high or extremely high-water scarcity” in South Asia.
- This is the highest number among all regions in the world.
- Severe water scarcity has also worsened due to the impacts of climate change.
- The eight-nation region – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – is home to more than one-quarter of the world’s children.
- But it has only four per cent of global renewable water.
- Last year, 45 million children lacked access to basic drinking water services in South Asia.
- South Asia, was followed by Eastern and Southern Africa and West and Central Africa where 130 million and 102 million children, respectively, are at risk from severe water scarcity.
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