杏MAP导航 on World Water Day: No to water wars, abuse and waste
By Linda Bordoni
22 March marks World Water Day, an annual observance that celebrates this primary need and raises awareness of the 2 billion people living without access to safe water.
鈥淲ater,鈥� 杏MAP导航 Francis said, 鈥渕ust never be the object of waste or abuse, or provide the grounds for war, but must be preserved for our benefit and that of future generations.鈥�
Speaking during the weekly General Audience, the 杏MAP导航 recalled the words of St. Francis of Assisi鈥� in his ode to creation, Laudato sì: 鈥淧raised be you, my Lord, through Sister Water, who is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.鈥�
In these simple words, he said "we feel the beauty of creation and the awareness of the challenges involved in caring for it.鈥�
The 杏MAP导航 noted that the second UN Water Conference is taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York in these days.
2023 UN Water Summit
Thousands of delegates will attend the three-day Water Summit that begins on Wednesday.
鈥淚 pray for the success of the work and hope that the important event will accelerate initiatives in favour of those who suffer from the scarcity of water, this primary good,鈥� he said.
Ahead of the opening of the major UN water summit, a United Nations report warns of a looming global water crisis and an imminent risk of shortages due to overconsumption and climate change.
The report describes the world as 鈥渂lindly travelling a dangerous path鈥� of 鈥渧ampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment.鈥�
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