PhoenixSerenity<p>The world is facing an <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/imminent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imminent</span></a>&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WaterCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCrisis</span></a> w/ demand expected to outstrip the supply of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FreshWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreshWater</span></a> by 40% by the end of this decade, experts have said at crucial <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> summit.<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governments</span></a> must urgently <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/stop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/subsidising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subsidising</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/extraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extraction</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/overuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overuse</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> through misdirected agricultural subsidies &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/industries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industries</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> must be made to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/overhaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overhaul</span></a> their <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wasteful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasteful</span></a> practices, according to&nbsp;a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LandmarkReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandmarkReport</span></a>&nbsp;on the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> of water.</p><p><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/17/global-fresh-water-demand-outstrip-supply-by-2030" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.theguardian.com/environmen</span><span class="invisible">t/2023/mar/17/global-fresh-water-demand-outstrip-supply-by-2030</span></a></p>