BNP Paribas AM: Repairing outdated water supply and management systems

On 25 September 2015, at the UN General Assembly, 193 world leaders pledged to guarantee ‘universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all’ by 2030.

However, the World Health Organisation’s latest findings, from July 2017, show that this will be a tough target to meet, given the current reality that ‘844 million still do not get a basic and reliable supply of drinking water’.

Find out why the issue of water shortages – ‘water stress’ – is of concern not only to poorer developing countries but to rich ones as well.