Twelve of the top 17 countries facing a possible water crisis are from the MENA region, according to the latest version of a water stress index.
The World Resources Index (WRI)’s Aqueduct Index finds 17 countries, which are home to a quarter of the world’s population, face “extremely high” water stress. Only five of these countries are from outside the MENA region.
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