Existing efforts to protect and restore water-related ecosystems should be scaled up and accelerated urgently. In 2018, global water stress was estimated to be 18.four per cent, an increase from 18.2 per cent in 2015. Regions such as Western and Southern Asia and Northern Africa present very excessive levels of water stress at more than 70 per cent, while SouthEastern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa saw their water stress levels increase from 2017 to 2018. Almost all countries that have registered excessive water stress are positioned in North Africa and West...
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