WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050
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21st Dec, 2020
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A hundred cities worldwide, including 30 in India, face the risk of ‘severe water scarcity’ by 2050, according to a recent report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Context
- A hundred cities worldwide, including 30 in India, face the risk of ‘severe water scarcity’ by 2050, according to a recent report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
What are the key findings of the report?
- The cities would face a ‘grave water risk’ by 2050.
- It will be due to a dramatic increase in their population percentage.
- The other major cities include global hubs such as Beijing, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Mecca and Rio de Janeiro.
- Thirty Indian cities are also included in the list.
- More than half of the identified cities are from China and India.
30 Indian cities that will face a ‘grave water risk’ by 2050 according to WWF
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1. Jaipur
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11.Kolkata
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21.Jalandhar
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2.Indore
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12.Ahmedabad
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22.Pune
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3.Thane
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13.Jabalpur
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23.Dhanbad
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4.Vadodara
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14.Mumbai
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24.Bhopal
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5.Srinagar
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15.Lucknow
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25.Gwalior
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6.Rajkot
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16.Hubli-Dharwad
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26.Surat
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7.Kota
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17.Nagpur
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27.Delhi
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8.Nashik
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18.Chandigarh
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28.Aligarh
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9.Visakhapatnam
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19.Amritsar
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29.Kozhikode
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10.Bengaluru
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20.Ludhiana
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30.Kannur
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What can be done to reverse the situation?
- Cities needed to invest more in nature-based solutions and enhance the health of river basins, watersheds and wetlands to build resilience to water risks.
- A public funding pool needed to be createdin collaboration with the private sector to invest, reduce risk and generate returns and fuel sustainable economic growth.
- Cities also needed to support greater global efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions to avoid reaching these scenarios.
World Wildlife Fund
- World Wildlife Fund was conceived in April, 1961, and set up shop in September, 1961, at IUCN's headquarters in Morges, Switzerland.
- WWF is a non-profit organization and works in nearly 100 countries. It carries out joint projects with governments and private entities trust.
- WWF works to help local communities conserve the natural resources they depend upon; transform markets and policies toward sustainability; and protect and restore species and their habitats.
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