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Finding The Blue Path For A Sustainable Economy
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By Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies
The efficiency of water management and our ability to sustain population and economic growth are inextricably linked.
According to analysis performed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a lack of efficient water management will significantly undermine society's ability to grow, while impacting the quality of life of millions of people and our planet's environmental water resources.
Today, 36% of the global population — approximately 2.4 billion people — already live in water-scarce regions and 22% of the world's GDP ($9.4 trillion at 2000 prices) is produced in water-short areas. Moreover, 39% of current global grain production is not sustainable in terms of water use.
According to IFPRI's analysis, current "business as usual" water management practices and levels of water productivity1 will put at risk approximately $63 trillion, or 45 percent of the projected 2050 global GDP (at 2000 prices), equivalent to 1.5 times the size of today's entire global economy. Moreover, 4.8 billion people (52 percent of the world population) will be exposed to severe water scarcity by 2050.
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