Water 2026: New approach needed Despite challenges such as power

Despite challenges such as power disruptions

Published on 19 July 2024

The October 2021 roundup covers activities in September 2021 and includes details of State-owned power utility Eskom’s Renewable Energy Tariff pilot programme to assist businesses that have corporate renewable-energy commitments

and demand patterns amid stronger protectionist measures

accounting for 3% of world supply

Water 2026: New approach needed Despite challenges such as powerTerms such as water stressed and water crisis are no longer sufficient to describe the global reality. The world has entered what the UN has termed water bankruptcy a condition in which water is being withdrawn faster than climatic and hydrological systems can replenish it. Although not every country or river basin is water bankrupt, enough critical systems have crossed these thresholds to fundamentally alter the global risk landscape. South Africas