Water [New] Opportunities are being missed to use water projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions while improving access to clean water. [New] The United Nations estimates that achieving its sustainable development goals for issues including poverty, clean water and gender equality by 2030 will require as much as $7 trillion a year, with an annual funding shortfall of $2.5 trillion in developing countries. The value of additional investments needed until 2030 to ensure universal access to safe and affordable drinking water is estimated at $1.7 trillion 3 - about three times current levels of investment. In a world in which demand for food and water is expected to increase 50% by 2050 and global energy demand is set to double, others see the water, energy, and food nexus as the framework on which to build sustainable solutions. While progress has been made toward ensuring universal access to safe drinking water by 2030 - a key focus of UN Sustainable Goal 6 - according to the World Health Organization at least two billion people use a drinking source contaminated with feces. Some US cities could experience blackouts in 10 years if they do not prepare to meet projected increases in electricity and water use due to climate change. By 2030, graphene-based filtration systems have closed most of the gap between supply and demand, easing the global water shortage. With construction beginning in 2020, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, costing $2.3 billion, will bring royalties from South Africa, improve water resources, and boost private sector growth. Four of the five major risks listed in the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Risks Report are environmental: climate change, biodiversity loss, extreme weather and the water crisis. 93% of the climate security and military experts surveyed in the recent World Climate and Security Report assess that climate-driven water insecurity will pose a significant or higher risk to global security by 2030. Today's biggest dangers are all ecological in nature: water crises, biodiversity loss, extreme weather, climate change, and pollution. Water companies in England have today launched a major project to design the plan that will help deliver their world-leading goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. More than two billion people globally use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces, and by 2025, half of the world's population could be living in water-stressed areas. Driven by the demand for smart solutions such as smart water meters, smart online water sensors, and smart non-revenue water (NRW) leak management, the global smart water grid market is expected to reach $22.2 billion in 2020. Water and wastewater management is an area of high risk but also of high opportunities for improvement in the UN system. Sustainable land management could deliver up to US$ 1.4 trillion in increased crop production, while enhanced carbon storage in land and soil would increase food and water security. Pakistan needs at least $234.5 billion investment by 2030 to deliver on three sustainable development goals (SDGs) - power, digital access, transport and clean water and sanitation. Projections highlight a 40 percent mismatch between supply of and demand for fresh water by 2030, with one in nine people around the world already does not have reliable access to water. Early warning systems, robust infrastructure, improved crop production, mangrove protection and resilient water resources would cost $180 billion annually from 2020-2030. Water treatment could emerge as a major segment for the Soda Ash Market in the coming years due to the growing demand in urban centers. Global demand for water meters, water quality sensors and water leak detection systems will increase at a compounded average growth rate over the next five years (2019-2024). Chile's copper commission, Cochilco, forecasts that ocean water consumption will represent around 43% of the total used by the local mining industry in the next 10 years. The projected 10 year infrastructure gap in London for sanitary system is $36.28 million and $3.75 million for the stormwater system: it is projected that there will not be an infrastructure gap for water infrastructure in 10 years. See full forecast Last updated: 29 March 2020 Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No
