Overuse is pushing the world toward ‘water bankruptcy’

Mongabay
Jan 21, 2026, 6:05 pm152 pts
The world is depleting its freshwater far faster than nature can replace it, pushing many regions into “water bankruptcy,” according to a new report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). The report compares Earth’s hydrological system to a…

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