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climate-2023-UN-IPCC_AR6_SYR_SlideDeck.pdf link
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UNESCO: François Wibaux, f.wibaux@unesco.org, +33145680746
World Water Assessment Programme
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UN-water-unesco.org-Groundwater making the invisible visible.pdf file
Groundwater accounts for 99% of liquid freshwater on Earth and is the source of one quarter of all the water used by humans. Large volumes of fresh groundwater are present below ground surface and distributed over the entire globe; however, this volume of freshwater is irregularly distributed over the continents.
An easy and open access resource to numerous people, leading to common pool characteristics, groundwater offers tremendous opportunities to society for gaining social, economic and environmental benefits and its contribution to satisfying our demand for water is considerable.
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