World is draining 'humanity's lifeblood', warns UN chief at start of water conference

Overconsumption of water 'draining humanity's lifeblood,' UN chief says

The United Nations opened its first conference on water security in almost half a century on Wednesday, with a plea to governments to better manage one of humanity's shared resources.

UN warns of ‘draining humanity’s lifeblood’ amid worsening water scarcity

Secretary general urges countries to tackle ‘vampiric overconsumption’, water guzzling industries and climate crisis

World is draining 'humanity's lifeblood', warns UN chief at start of water conference

Almost 2 billion people lack safe drinking water and 3.6 billion use sanitation services that leave human waste untreated

Water use is 'draining humanity's lifeblood', UN warns

The world's water is "vampiric overconsumption" is gulping up the world's water, the UN says, as countries meet to discuss security of the precious resource.