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UN Scientists Call for Reset of Global Water Agenda Amid Water Bankruptcy

By Dana Omirgazy  on 22 January 2026

ASTANA – The United Nations University (UNU) released an article on Jan. 20 about the dawn of an era of global water bankruptcy, formally defining a new post-crisis reality for billions. Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating,...