🌿 This #WorldWetlandsDay, explore the Freshwater Challenge, a global effort to restore rivers and wetlands at scale, protecting water, nature, and people by 2030:Â
Explainer: The Freshwater Challenge.Â
The Freshwater Challenge is rallying countries to reverse decades of degradation to rivers, lakes and other wetlands, restoring them for people and the planet.Â
More than two billion people across the world depend directly on freshwater systems for their drinking water, food and livelihoods, including their resilience to climate change. Freshwater is water with low concentrations of dissolved salts and other solids. Freshwater ecosystems can comprise diverse habitats varying from rivers, lakes, springs, streams, reservoirs, inland wetlands and aquifers.Â
In principle, these freshwater systems are wetlands; they underpin human wellbeing and economic activity, while supplying water for domestic use, agriculture, sanitation and industry. Keeping these systems healthy and ensuring equitable access reduces pressure on limited water supplies. Â
