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Warnings of a global water crisis and calls for quick action

World Water Day in Pakistan

Children play and fill plastic bottles with water from a water well in Peshawar, Pakistan Source: Anadolu / Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

For the time in almost 50-years the United Nations is holding a Water Conference. Organisers hope it will mark a turning point, with countries and stakeholders spurred to take action to met global targets around the consumption and security of water.


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