The year 2023 marked not only the hottest year, but the driest year for global rivers in over three decades, according to a new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which signalled critical changes in water availability in an era of growing demand.

They state that "Climate change makes the hydrological cycle more erratic and difficult to predict and we are faced with either too much or too little water."

 The report also notes that currently, 3.6 billion people face inadequate access to water at least a month per year and this is expected to increase to more than 5 billion by 2050, which is far off track to meet Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation. 

Read the WMO Report HERE.