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[Executive Summary] The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024: Water for Prosperity and Peace Year of publication: 2024 Author: Richard Connor Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) This is the executive summary of the 2024 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR). 
[Facts and Figures] The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020: Water and Climate Change; Facts and Figures Year of publication: 2020 Author: Engin Koncagรผl | Michael Tran | Richard Connor Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) Since the mid-20th century, changes in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather and climate events have been observed, including a decrease in cold temperature extremes, an increase in warm temperature extremes, an increase in extremely high sea levels and an increase in the number of heavy precipitation events in a number of regions (Min et al., 2011).Climate projections indicate with high confidence that extreme precipitation events will become more intense and frequent in many regions, but also that heatwaves will occur more often and last longer. The former will increase global flood risk (Hirabayashi et al., 2013), while the latter is expected to make droughts more intense (Trenberth et al., 2014). These risks are unevenly distributed geographically, and are generally larger for vulnerable people and communities in countries at all levels of development (IPCC, 2014a). Figure 1. Global water withdrawals throughout the previous centuryFigure 2. Climate change scenario trends in water availabilityFigure 3. Annual baseline water stressFigure 4. Seasonal variabilityFigure 5. World weather-related natural catastrophes by peril, 1980โ2018Figure 6. Spatial distribution of water-related disasters (droughts, floods, landslides and storms), 2001โ2018Figure 7. Spatial distribution of floods, 2001โ2018Figure 8. Spatial distribution of droughts, 2001โ2018Figure 9. Electricity consumption in the water sector by process, 2014โ2040Figure 10. Number of people living under water stress under the Baseline Scenario 
[Summary] The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019: Leaving No One Behind; Executive Summary Year of publication: 2019 Author: Richard Connor | Stefan Uhlenbrook | Engin Koncagรผl Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) People from different groups are โleft behindโ for different reasons. Discrimination, exclusion, marginalization, entrenched power asymmetries and material inequalities are among the main obstacles to achieving the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for all and realizing the water-related goals of the 2030 Agenda. Poorly designed and inadequately implemented policies, inefficient and improper use of financial resources, as well as policy gaps fuel the persistence of inequalities in access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Unless exclusion and inequality are explicitly and responsively addressed in both policy and practice, water interventions will continue to fail to reach those most in need and who are likely to benefit most.Improving water resources management and providing access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all is essential for eradicating poverty, building peaceful and prosperous societies, and ensuring that โno one is left behindโ on the road towards sustainable development. These goals are entirely achievable, provided there is a collective will to do so. 
[Facts and Figures] The United Nations World Water Development Report 2019: Leaving No One Behind; Facts and Figures Year of publication: 2019 Author: Engin Koncagรผl | Michael Tran | Richard Connor | Stefan Uhlenbrook Corporate author: UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) Water availability and demandFigure 1 provides a global overview of countries experiencing different levels of water stress (the ratio of total freshwater withdrawn annually by all major sectors, including environmental water requirements, to the total amount of renewable freshwater resources, expressed as a percentage).Over 2 billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress. Recent estimates show that 31 countries experience water stress between 25% (which is defined as the minimum threshold of water stress) and 70%. Another 22 countries are above 70% and are therefore under serious water stress (UN, 2018a).Growing water stress indicates substantial use of water resources, with greater impacts on resource sustainability, and a rising potential for conflicts among users.It has been estimated that about 4 billion people, representing nearly two-thirds of the world population, experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year (Mekonnen and Hoekstra, 2016).