Global Water Resources Stressed
The Art
The Science
What’s Alarming
“In 2018, 2.3 billion people were living in countries under water stress and 3.6 billion people faced inadequate access to water at least one month per year. By 2050, the latter is expected to be more than five billion. Assuming a constant population, an additional 8% of the world’s population in the 2000s will be exposed to new or aggravated water scarcity associated with a 2°C of global warming. Concurrent population growth would further increase this number…”
World Meteorological Organization 2021 State of Climate Services report, Executive Summary
The art is derived from a design using the key numbers in bold above.
