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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 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.

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

SAINT LUCIA, Oct 26 (IPS) - A new report by the University lists six areas of grave concern and states that in the absence of behavior and priority change, the world could face catastrophe in areas like groundwater depletion and species extinction.Melting mountain glaciers. Unbearable heat. An uninsurable future. Space debris. Groundwater depletion. Accelerating extinctions. The United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security said this week that these six environmental "tipping points" can have "irreversible, catastrophic impacts for people and the planet...