The Water Scarcity Clock

The Water Scarcity Clock

Subject : Science and Tech

Concept: 

Water Scarcity Clock:

The Water Scarcity Clock was created by World Data Lab with funding by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany and in partnership with the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

What are the features of the Water Scarcity Clock?

• This free webtool visualizes the number of people living in water scarce areas.
• It can explore affected parts of the world through a variety of interactive functionality.
• The Water Scarcity Clock can be used to compare water availability and water use between countries.
• Water availability numbers are also dynamically presented and adjusted to display the percentage of global and local populations living in areas within different thresholds of scarcity.

Why was this tool created?

• The aim of the Water Scarcity Clock is to raise global awareness about the reality of water as a finite resource and provide decision-makers with granular and actionable information to inform action towards global achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.