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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 UN.

Several parts of India are predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, a lates report warns.

Around 70 per cent of groundwater withdrawals are used for agriculture, often when above-ground water sources are insufficient. | Latest News India

Environmental tipping points are critical thresholds in the Earth's systems, beyond which abrupt and often irreversible changes occur, leading to profound and sometimes catastrophic shifts in ecosystems, climate patterns and the overall environment

The tipping points include groundwater depletion, rising insurance costs, extreme heat, species extinction, melting glaciers and space debris.

A new report by the UN university lists six areas of grave concern and states that without behaviour change, the world could face catastrophe.

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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.

The Interconnected Disaster Risks report 2023 finds that the world is fast approaching risk tipping points on multiple fronts.

The UN has cautioned that the world is dangerously close to six tipping points that could lead to irreversible damage to the planet. Climate change and resource overuse have pushed the world to the brink of these interconnected tipping points. The report highlights the threats of accelerating rates of extinction, groundwater depletion, mountain glacial melt, unbearable heat, space debris, and an uninsurable future.