Water is essential for all dimensions of life. Over the past few decades, use of water has increased, and in many places water availability is falling to crisis levels. More than eighty countries, with forty percent of the world’s population, are already facing water shortages, while by year 2020 the world’s population will double. The… Healthy oceans and seas are essential to our existence. They cover 70 percent of our planet and we rely on them for food, energy and water. as recalled in paragraph 158 of “The future we want”. We can conserve life below water together. Here you can see what you can do to contribute. Find organizations to support, information to Water is a limited resource. What each of us does in the world, how we live, does make a difference. As we learn the value of clean, safe water and how scarce it truly is, we can take steps to protect it and to get it to people who lack access today.