In its conference on water security, on Wednesday, the United Nations (UN) urged governments to ‘better manage’ the essential human resource.  According to the UN, about a quarter of the world’s total population has to turn to unsafe drinking water while the other half lacks basic sanitation. On the other hand, almost three-quarters of the recent natural disasters were connected to water. Addressing the conference, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “We are draining humanity’s lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating”. Martyred ISI brigadier Burki’s funeral prayers offered in DI Khan LHC orders to make Toshakhana record from 1990 to 2001 public It is worth mentioning that ensuring access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation is part of the UN’s list, consisting of seventeen points that focus on sustainable development while coping with crises including hunger and poverty, climate change, and gender equality. The three-day conference starting in New York on Wednesday is not intended to produce a binding accord similar to the one after the climate meetings in 2015, in Paris rather it resembles the framework for the one focused on nature protection in 2022, in Montreal. The aim of this year’s conference … Continue reading ‘Vampiric Overconsumption’ draining the world of water: UN