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A new report by the United Nations warns that some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already reached the tipping point of groundwater depletion, and the entire northwestern region is expected to face critically low groundwater availability by 2025. The report highlights that the world is approaching six environmental tipping points, including groundwater depletion, which can lead to irreversible changes in ecosystems and climate patterns.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already passed the groundwater depletion tipping point and its entire northwestern region is predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, according to a new report by the United Nations. India News | UN Report Warns India Heading Towards Groundwater Depletion Tipping Point.

Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, have already exceeded the groundwater risk tipping point, while others, including India, are not far from it.

After a summer of climatic extremes across the world, a new UN University report looks at how the right solutions can reduce the risk of such hazards turning into full-blown disasters, or in some cases eliminate them altogether.As climate ...

Madrid, Aug 31 (EFE).- Disasters have cost around 10,000 human lives and over $280 billion in damages worldwide in the past year alone, a new United Nations report said on Wednesday. “Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2021/2022” by the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) analyzed 10 disasters from around the world. …

United Nations, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Natural disasters have cost about 10,000 human lives and over billion in damages worldwide in the past year alone, a UN´s latest report said on Wednesday.