World Water Day: UN chief warns ‘vampiric overconsumption’ is draining ‘humanity’s lifeblood’

The United Nations (UN) opened its first conference on water security in almost half a century on Wednesday, with a plea to governments to better manage one of humanity's shared resources. "We are draining humanity's lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.