Center for Strategic & International Studies | In-Person & Virtual Event 

Description: Please join the CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for an in-person discussion that will serve as the culmination of a series of roundtables centered around water access and security and discuss the major findings on the topic. Around 26 percent of the global population lacks access to clean drinking water and around 30 percent of people lack access to water for basic sanitation. Climate change, the rise in global temperatures, and natural disasters like storms and flooding have all caused major damage to sanitation infrastructure in many places. Inequities in people’s socio-economic status further exacerbate access to clean water. Marginalized groups, such as religious minorities, migrants, and especially women, have lesser access to proper sanitation and clean water. There is also a dire lack of good water governance and an excess of government regulation that has resulted in limited spending on water related issues. A lack of clean water access not only poses a major humanitarian issue but also becomes an international security hazard by exacerbating conflict through its impact on economic growth and migration.

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