Issue Water demand rises exponentially while supply turns volatile
Summary
The water section states the tension the report returns to elsewhere: demographic imbalance, consumerism and urbanisation together push water demand up while supply becomes more volatile and less predictable, and much of what is drawn is lost to leaking irrigation networks and poor practice.
Classification
Main topicResources, Food & Water
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon11-30 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Megatrends 2040: Volatility, Uncertainty, Resourcefulness Hellenic Republic, Presidency of the Government — Working Group on Strategic Foresight and Futures Research (표지·판권면 로고로만 확인) page=10;section=Megatrend 2 Resource scarcity / Water resources 2022-07 (문헌 본문에 발행일 표기 없음 — PDF 메타데이터 생성일 2022-07-25 기준) accessed 2026-07-26
- Megatrends 2040: Volatility, Uncertainty, Resourcefulness Hellenic Republic, Presidency of the Government — Working Group on Strategic Foresight and Futures Research (표지·판권면 로고로만 확인) page=10;section=Megatrend 2 Resource scarcity / Water resources 2022-07 (문헌 본문에 발행일 표기 없음 — PDF 메타데이터 생성일 2022-07-25 기준) accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 4
- TrendMegatrend 2: resource scarcity5 signals
- TrendMegatrend 3: demographic imbalances9 signals
- TrendMegatrend 4: urbanisation5 signals
- TrendMegatrend 6: growth of the middle class and of consumption worldwide5 signals
Directly linked signals 1
Relation types: constitutes · direct_urgent
Public id: fm-0bd1cde171c6