a landmark report<\/a> on the economics of water.<\/p>\n…<\/p>\n
Many governments still do not realise how interdependent they are when it comes to water, according to Rockstrom. Most countries depend for about half of their water supply on the evaporation of water from neighbouring countries \u2013 known as \u201cgreen\u201d water because it is held in soils and delivered from transpiration in forests and other ecosystems, when plants take up water from the soil and release vapour into the air from their leaves.<\/p>\n
The report sets out seven key recommendations, including reshaping the global governance of water resources, scaling up investment in water management through public-private partnerships, pricing water properly and establishing \u201cjust water partnerships\u201d to raise finance for water projects in developing and middle-income countries.<\/p>\n
More than $700bn (\u00a3575bn) of subsidies globally go to agriculture and water each year and these often fuel excessive water consumption. Water leakage must also be urgently addressed, the report found, and restoring freshwater systems such as wetlands should be another priority.<\/p>\n
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