The Coalition is launching a joint campaign with Helvetas based on 12 demands for a water policy for the future.
Water is life.
Wherever water is lacking, hunger, misery and disease increase, deserts expand, and people flee. The consequences are social unrest, conflict, and the risk of war. A proverb in Uzbekistan holds that when water runs out, the world will end. Lack of access to clean drinking water is one of the central problems of the 21st century. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned that the global water crisis is now the greatest challenge facing international society.