Water risks are an urgent global challenge. Most public health crises are already driven by water, including floods, droughts and water-borne diseases. Climate change is worsening the problem by:
- intensifying floods and drought
- shifting precipitation patterns
- altering water supplies
- accelerating glacial melt and sea level rise.
Clean water supplies are vital for human health, industry, agriculture and energy production, making water risks a major humanitarian threat. Identifying, understanding and responding to these risks requires transparent, publicly available data.
Aqueduct’s tools use open-source, peer reviewed data to map water risks such as floods, droughts and stress. Beyond the tools, the Aqueduct team works one-on-one with companies, governments and research partners through the Aqueduct Alliance to help advance best practices in water resource management and enable sustainable growth in a water-constrained world.
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The World Resources Institute is a global not-for-profit research agency that advocates for and supports sustainable development initiatives.
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