A UN report warns of “water bankruptcy,” where withdrawals exceed natural recharge. India, with 17% of the global population but 4% of freshwater, faces rising stress. Climate change and governance failures worsen crises like Bengaluru’s. Solutions include integrated water management, sponge cities, efficient irrigation, and revived harvesting systems.
Click to View MoreThe UNEP report exposes a stark 30:1 imbalance, with nature-harming finance vastly exceeding investments in Nature-based Solutions, deepening the triple planetary crisis. It urges repurposing harmful subsidies and scaling public–private capital. For India, despite CAMPA and Namami Gange, mobilising private finance and reforming subsidies remain key challenges.
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