A quarter of world's population are living with extreme water stress

A quarter of the world's population is living in regions of extremely high water stress -- with "once unthinkable" water crises becoming common, researchers have said. With the climate crisis biting, 17 countries -- home to one in four people on the planet -- are deemed to be "extremely high water-stressed," meaning they are now consuming more than 80% of their available water every year, the World Resources Institute (WRI) has revealed in a report.

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