for Tread Softly background briefings on Water Scarcity
News and Analysis
The Third Pole – understanding Asia’s water crisis
India’s cities face Day Zero from Channel News Asis
Sustainable Development Goal
Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000-2017 and 2017 Update and SDG Baselines, from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
and a visual summary of the JMP report from UNICEF
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita from World Bank
Freshwater Availability, from NASA Earth Data
Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas and other tools, from World Resources Institute
Water and Climate Change
Water and Climate Change – main messages from UN World Water Development Report 2020
Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests from The Third Pole
Water Wars
The challenges of implementing legal rights for rivers from Global Water Forum
Strange changes to Mekong River as hydropower dams and climate change make their mark from Channel News Asia
International Organisations
International Water Management Institute
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more Water Scarcity briefings (updated May 2021)
Water Cycle
Causes of Water Scarcity
Climate Change and Water Scarcity
Solutions to Water Scarcity
Sustainable Development Goal for Water
Water Wars
Source material and useful links