UN-Water and FAO thanks you for your support of World Water Day 2012!
Your support for the World Water Day Campaign this year has been nothing short of staggering, so we've produced these exclusive diplomas for you to download to show everyone your role in the greatest World Water Day campaign ever!
Video summary of the World Water Day 2012 Ceremony in Rome, featuring FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, UN-Water Chair and WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud and FAO Ambassador Anggun.
Watch the Video Wrap-Up >> FAO newsroom on World Water Day >>
UN Secretary-Generals message calls for more sustainable use of water
In his message for World Water Day 2012, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that producing enough food to feed the world's rapidly growing population will require the international community to ensure the sustainable use of the world's "most critical finite resource," water. Read the Secretary-General's Message on World Water Day >>
It's official: World Water Day 2012 was the biggest ever, thanks to you!
UN-Water World Water Day 2012 has been the biggest and best campaign to date, with more
events held worldwide, more facebook and Twitter followers, and more visits the World Water Day site than ever before. World Water Day Events Map >> World Water Day Events Flickr Page >>
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What we eat
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There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres.
When a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure we cannot pretend the problem is ‘elsewhere’. Coping with population growth and ensuring access to nutritious food to everyone call for a series of actions we can all help with:
follow a healthier, sustainable diet;
consume less water-intensive products;
reduce the scandalous food wastage: 30% of the food produced worldwide is never eaten and the water used to produce it is definitively lost!
produce more food, of better quality, with
less water.
At all steps of the supply chain, from producers to consumers, actions can be taken to save water and ensure food for all.
And you? Do you know how much water you actually consume every day? How can you change your diet and reduce your water footprint? Join the World Water Day 2012 campaign “Water and Food Security” and find out more!
