The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned in a new report that a global water crisis is imminent. WMO stated that as floods and droughts have exacerbated the global water crisis, the number and duration of droughts in Africa have increased by 29% in the past 20 years. The warning comes at a time when climate change has led to an increase in floods, droughts, and other water-related disasters, while the number of people experiencing “water shortages” continues to increase due to population growth and reduced water availability.

After facing challenges in accessing water, the Nigerian Water Aid Group issued a warning on Tuesday about the threats posed by terrible climate change to Africa’s water supply. WaterAid announced this in a statement and announced that Africa Climate Week will be hosted virtually by Uganda and the United Nations and United Nations partners from Sunday, September 26 to 29, because African countries are ready to stand before the COP26 climate conference. Held in the UK.

Africa is at the center of the global water dilemma and climate change. Africa has the largest number of least developed countries of all continents, the country with the worst health infrastructure, and the country with the highest proportion of rural workers who are highly dependent on weather. It is here that due to global warming, crop yields are expected to decline the most; the sea level rise along the coast of Africa is already higher than the global average. Africa’s herder communities are the largest on earth, accounting for about one-fifth of its population; weather changes define nomadic lifestyles and provide many rewards, but especially in uncertain times, there are also survival risks. Considering that no continent has less water storage capacity, the increasingly unstable precipitation patterns are particularly daunting.

The United Nations warned that the “rapidly deteriorating” drought in Somalia has left more than 2 million people facing severe food and water shortages.

According to a joint statement issued by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Somali government on Thursday night, the Horn of Africa is now “on the brink of failure for the fourth consecutive rainy season.”