Water-energy provision a challenge before world leaders
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New Delhi : World water demand could exceed 44 per cent of the available annual resources by 2050 as global population grows from 7 billion today to 9 billion by then, experts warned at a recent conference organised by the United Nations (UN), adding that one of the two most pressing and enormous challenges in the next four decades would be ensuring sustainable supply of water to everyone.