Global water crisis to threaten half of food production by 2050: report


By Chu Yi

BERLIN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Unless humanity acts with greater boldness and urgency, an increasingly out-of-balance water cycle will wreak havoc on economies and humanity worldwide, said a report released on Wednesday.

According to the report entitled The Economics of Water: Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as a Global Common Good, the water crisis puts at risk more than half of the world's food production by 2050.

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