Water
Water is much more than a resource; it is the lifeblood of the planet, circulating between ecosystems to maintain a balance that is essential to life. Its sustainable management is crucial to ensuring the health of ecosystems, meeting human needs, and supporting climatic and economic balances in a context of global change.
Water is essential not only for health, but also for poverty reduction, food security, peace and human rights, ecosystems and education. Nevertheless, countries face growing challenges related to water scarcity, water pollution and the degradation of water-related ecosystems.
By managing our water sustainably, we are also able to better manage our food and energy production. In addition, we can preserve our aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity, and take action to combat climate change.
Water availability is declining in many areas. In some regions, drought is exacerbating the situation with damaging effects on people’s health and productivity, threatening sustainable development and biodiversity worldwide.
Ensuring access to sustainable water and sanitation services for all is a key climate change mitigation strategy for the years ahead.
Without improvements in infrastructure and management, millions of people will continue to die each year from water-related diseases such as malaria and diarrhoea, and biodiversity and ecosystem resilience will continue to decline.
For all these reasons, Ekolo Mundo will seek to make available to all the inhabitants of the planet all the solutions and practices that promote access to drinking water, protect soils from drought, etc.