Water crisis far outstrips energy crisis

"We are considered the water castle of Europe, but every year we are less so," says Anna Brand, the designated new president of the Zerowaterloss Foundation in Bern. On the occasion of the UN World Water Day on March 22, she calls on Swiss business and politics to start water-saving programs early, "because the coming water shortage will far exceed the negative consequences of the energy crisis in Switzerland and worldwide." Under the slogan "Accelerating Change," the UN is warning against excessive water consumption on World Water Day 2023. The Bern-based Zerowaterloss Foundation was launched by the Swiss industrialist family of Jürg Brand to ensure that unnecessary water consumption and waste is recognized early on as a serious risk to society. It supports the UN message as well as research projects and events to help address this new global crisis with innovative water management. Anna Brand says: "Access to sufficient water is a human right. Today, drinking water in Switzerland and worldwide is wasted because it is far too cheap for many uses and, on the other hand, hardly affordable as survival water for many people." The foundation, which she leads as the new president-elect, therefore calls for "an understanding of the value of water, because a water crisis becomes a human crisis." Source and further information: www.stiftungzerowaterloss.ch The post Water crisis far outstrips energy crisis appeared first on Organizer.