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Majority of the world’s food production is at danger of collapsing in the next 25 years due to a growing international water crisis, a brand-new report cautions.

Environment modification, damaging land usage and the constant mismanagement of water resources indicate that almost 3 billion individuals and over half of international food production remain in locations dealing with “unprecedented stress” on their water supply, the Global Commission on the Economics of Water stated in a report launched Oct. 17.

If the pattern is not reversed, the growing deficit will have a seismic influence on humankind and the environment. Numerous cities are currently sinking due to a loss of groundwater. Up to 8%of the international gross domestic item (GDP), and 15% of the GDP of lower-income nations, will be lost by 2050, according to the report.

“Today, half of the world’s population faces water scarcity,” Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and among the commission’s 4 co-chairs, stated in a declaration. “As this vital resource becomes increasingly scarce, food security and human development are at risk — and we are allowing this to happen.”

“For the very first time in human history, we are pressing the international water cycle out of balance,” he continued. “Rainfall, the source of all freshwater, can no longer be trusted due to human triggered environment and land utilize modification, weakening the basis for human health and wellbeing and the worldwide economy.”

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Everyone requires a bare minimum of 13 to 26 gallons (50 to 100 liters) of water a day for their health and health, however the commission discovered that this number, which federal governments typically count on, is a huge underestimate.