Goal 6
Existing efforts to protect and restore water-related ecosystems must be scaled up and accelerated urgently. In 2018, world water stress was estimated to be 18.four per cent, an increase from 18.2 per cent in 2015. Regions such as Western and Southern Asia and Northern Africa current very excessive levels of water stress at greater than 70 per cent, while SouthEastern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa noticed their water stress levels increase from 2017 to 2018. Almost all international locations that have registered excessive water stress are located in...