ANSA) - ROMA, 24 FEB -''The projections of climate scenarios in the Mediterranean can give a reduction in winter rainfall ranging from 10 to 20 percent over the next 50 years.''
said Anthony Navarra, director of the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change on the sidelines of the conference 'Give me a drink-day on the water' organized by 'Association Greenaccord in Rome.
on emergency water and the expert said that the Mediterranean''and 'one of the most' critical because it 's characterized by overcrowding people, with tens of millions of tourists along its coasts, and infrastructure such as factories, ports and in addition to being crossed by a number of maritime trade.''
Among other issues highlighted during the debate, the need 'to identify and make known how much water' used in the production of goods, as Juliet says Christian Smith, a researcher at the Pacific Institute sur studies in development, environment and security. According to data of the 'Institute also with a careful use of water is estimated a potential resource savings of 30%, of which 15% in irrigation systems. The birth of an authority 'on global economy and environment' is the proposal advanced by Amedeo Postiglione, president of the foundation of the International Environmental Court. The need for global governance that aims at a rational and sustainable use of water and 'was rather the point made by President Alfonso Cauteruccio Greenaccord.
One billion people, and 'have been reminded, have no access to safe drinking water, because of climate change that number could be added by 2050 another 2 billion and 800 million people with shortage' of water. According to forecasts from 5 to 25 percent of global fresh water use is likely to surpass 'long-term supplies available and nearly half' of the world population by 2025 would face 'a shortage' of water. (ANSA).
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