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World Water Day
Context
World Water Day is held every year on 22 March to raise awareness of global freshwater challenges and solutions.
About
- The day was established by the United Nations in 1992, during the world Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.
- The celebration is closely linked to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which aims to ensure water and sanitation for all by 2030.
- Currently, around 2.2 billion people lack access to clean and safe drinking water.
- Theme 2025: Glacier Preservation
- Concerned Findings:
- Since 1975, glaciers worldwide (excluding the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets) have lost over 9,000 billion tons of ice—an amount that would form a 25-meter-thick ice sheet over Germany.
- According the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), five of the past six years have recorded the fastest glacier retreat on record.
- The period from 2022 to 2024 saw the largest three-year loss of glacier mass ever documented. The year 2024 marked the third consecutive year of net glacier mass loss in all 19 monitored regions.
- Glacier melt is now the second-largest contributor to rising sea levels, following ocean warming. Between 2000 and 2023, glaciers lost 6,542 billion tons of ice—causing an 18 mm rise in sea level.
- In 2010, the United Nations recognised the human right to water and sanitation, stating that everyone has the right to sufficient, safe, acceptable, and affordable water for personal and domestic use.
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According to the NITI Aayog report, nearly 600 million Indians face high-to-extreme water stress, with around 200,000 people dying annually due to inadequate access to safe water. |
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