2025 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report

The 2025 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report highlighted the importance of mountain waters, including alpine glaciers, which are vital for meeting basic human needs such as water supply and sanitation. They are also essential to ensuring food and energy security to billions of people living in and around mountain regions and areas downstream. They also support economic growth through various water-reliant industries.

Speaking to reporters at the launch of the report on 21st March, Process Coordinator for the UNESCO World Water Development Report said, “The facts are clear. They are not just approaching a global water crisis. They are already living it.”He also said, “mountains are not just landscape. They are the lifeline of our planet. The water sustains billions of people.”