Coverpiyaset/iStockGlobalWaterRiskSnapshotProducedbytheRolandBergerWaterManagementTeamJune20242GlobalWaterRiskSnapshotManagementSummaryTheEarth'swatercycleisadelicatebalancethatensureswaterisdistributedacrossvariousecosystems.Butoverconsumption,pollution,andclimatechangearedisruptingthatbalance-increasingwater-relatedrisksaroundtheworld.Waterrisktypicallyoccurswhenthedemandforwaterexceedssupply,whenpoorwaterqualityrestrictsitsuse,orduringextremeweatherevents.Itcantakemanyformsbuttypicallymanifestsasthedepletionofwatersources,floodingdamage,orthedegradationofwaterresourcesoraquaticenvironments.Waterriskcanhaveadirectimpactoncommunities,suchaswhencitiesface'DayZero'scenariosinwhichwatersuppliescomeclosetodepletion.Butwaterisalsoastrategicbusinessrisk.Waterisessentialacrossmanyindustries,fromagriculturetodatacenters,servingasadirectandindirectinputthatensuresbusinessproductivity.Shortagesordeclinesinwaterqualityhavesignificanteconomicconsequences,whilefloodsdestroybillionsworthofassetseachyear.Companiesoperatinginwater-scarceregionsfacerisingcostsanddecreasedcompetitiveness.AglobalissuefeltatalocallevelWaterriskisaglobalissue,butitmanifestsinhyper-localizedways.Understandingspecificrisksrequiresdeepanalysis–downtothewaterbasinlevel.TheGlobalWaterRiskSnapshotisdesignedtocallbroaderattentiontotheincreasingthreato...
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