The UN's new report intends to get world leaders to drop their current focus on drinking water and accept the new post-crisis ...

The world is entering an era of "global water bankruptcy" with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can ...

Over-allocation of water, chronic groundwater depletion, pollution and climate change have pushed the world into a drastic situation, a new United Nations report finds.

Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all ...

The world is grappling with irreversible water 'bankruptcy,' affecting billions due to decades of overuse and dwindling ...

The world is facing irreversible water "bankruptcy", with billions of people struggling to cope with the consequences of ...

United Nations water experts are calling for the formal recognition of a new era of global water “bankruptcy”, arguing that ...

Tehran faces unprecedented drought conditions, prompting warnings of water rationing and even potential citywide evacuation if rains fail to arrive. Urban water shortages often draw public scrutiny, ...

Low water levels of Latyan Dam that provides water to Tehran, Iran on May 8, 2025. Low water levels of Latyan Dam that provides water to Tehran, Iran on May 8, 2025.Bahram/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty ...