世界经济论坛：2025年从稀缺到解决方案：亚洲和中东的食品水创新报告（英文版）

The world’s freshwater systems are buckling under unprecedented pressures: global freshwater demand is predicted to exceed supply by 40% by 2030, with the hydrological cycle5 – nature’s replenishment mechanism – increasingly disrupted by climate change, pollution and over-extraction. By 2050, this imbalance will intensify as water demand is set to grow by 30% and food availability will need to increase by 60%.6 Meanwhile agriculture – which already consumes 70% of freshwater withdrawals – fac