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UN forum to coordinate global efforts to address water shortages worsening
08.05.2018 12:18 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of this year May 79, the HydroConference (the Global Conference for Prosperity through Hydrological Services) is going on within Geneva, Ukrinform reports.
As to the report, the event has been company-organized by FAO, World Meteorological Organization and other partners.
As to the report, the Conference participant tell that now extreme weather costs hundreds of milliards a year and so it is feared that by 2050, one in four people worldwide will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages.
As to the report, the Conference is focused to find the ways to manage the precious resource more sustainably worldwide.
It is to be admitted, the water-shortage problem has been further complicated by a lack of comprehensive water supply data and monitoring systems which is making it harder to respond to the growing crisis.
«We cannot manage what we do not measure,» Harry Lins, the President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Commission for Hydrology, admitted.
Besides, while speaking at the Conference, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said it is important for all actors to cope with the scale of the challenges that lie ahead, citing the two extremes of droughts and floods.
«Effective flood and drought policies can be implemented only with data and models for assessing the frequency and magnitude of extreme events,» he said, adding that the same also holds for other goals related to water and its efficient use; including those in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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