What does "water issues" mean to you?
What kinds of situations come to mind when you see or hear "water issues"?
What do you want to know about "water issues"? Why?
水に関する問題- どのように定義されているのでしょうか?
1.ウォーターフットプリント(Water footprint)、直訳すると「水の足跡」とは一体何なのか。これは、商品・製品の生産から消費、そして廃棄の過程で消費される水の量を定量的に測定する指標のこと。簡単にいうと、私たちの日常にある一つの食料や衣服をつくるのに、どれだけの量の水が、どのように使われたのか(蒸発したのか、汚染されたのか)といった情報を示すものである。(IDEAS FOR GOOD, 日付なし, ウォーターフットプリントとは・意味)
2.「水不足問題(水問題)」とは、地球上に存在する水のうち、人間が生活や活動に必要な水が十分に得られない状況を指す。ここでいう生活や活動に必要な水とは、料理やトイレなどの生活用水に加え、農業や工業、発電など、人間の生命活動に欠かせないものも含まれる。(ELEMINIST, 2024/06/28, 日本における水不足問題 その原因と解決に向けた取り組みを解説)
3.…水に対する人権は、「すべての者が、差別なしに、十分で、安全で、許容可能で、物理的にアクセス可能で、かつ負担可能な対価で、個人及び家庭で利用するための水にアクセスする権利」であり、衛生に対する人権は、「すべての者が、差別なしに、生活のあらゆる側面において、安全で、衛生的で、安心で、社会的及び文化的に受容可能で、またプライバシーを提供し尊厳を確保する衛生に対し、物理的に及び負担可能な対価でアクセスする権利」であるとされています。(国際法学会, 2020/01/26, 水と人権)
Clean water and sanitation: ”Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being. Billions of people will lack access to these basic services in 2030 unless progress quadruples. Demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanization and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry, and energy sectors.”(United Nations SDGs, no date, Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all)
Water scarcity: “Water can be scarce for many reasons: demand for water may be exceeding supply, water infrastructure may be inadequate, or institutions may be failing to balance everyone’s needs. Water scarcity is an increasing problem on every continent, with poorer communities most badly affected.” (United Nations, no date, water scarcity)
The rights to water and sanitation: “Access to safe, affordable and reliable drinking water and sanitation services are basic human rights. They are indispensable to sustaining healthy livelihoods and maintaining people’s dignity. Human rights to water and sanitation are essential for eradicating poverty, building peaceful and prosperous societies, and ensuring that ‘no one is left behind’ on the road towards sustainable development.” (United Nations, 2025, OHCHR and the rights to water and sanitation)
Japan: Japan wakes up to threat of PFAS chemicals [Video 12:31] (NHK, 17 January 2025)
日本:雪解け水少ない! ため池・ダムに影響 生産者「水の確保が心配」(朝日新聞, 2024/06/01)
日本:おにぎり、牛丼、ハンバーガーからバーチャルウォーターを計算!そこから見える問題点とは(gooddo, 2022/07/15)
Japan: Slow tropical storm dumps heavy rain around Tokyo after causing floods in southern Japan (Asahi Shimbun, 21 August 2024)
Japan: Japan encourages water conservation amid heatwave (NHK, 25 August 2023)
Gaza: Bathing once every 10 days: The reality of northern Gaza’s water crisis (Al Jazeera, 21 February 2025)
Australia: Water tanks, dams dry up across Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula (ABC, 12 February 2025)
Japan: Kyoto: More water stations set up to reduce plastic waste (The Japan News, 2 April 2022)
How big is your water footprint? (Deutsche Welle, 22 March 2022)
The Water Crisis (Water.org, 2023)
World Water Day: What water means around the world – and how communities are fighting for it (Greenpeace, 19 March 2021)
Water Scarcity (UN Water, no date)
Jackson water crisis: A legacy of environmental racism? (BBC, 4 September 2022)
Moms worry about Japan's plan to release polluted water from Fukushima [Video 2:41] (Reuters, 17 August 2023)
Human Rights 101 | Episode 5: What is the Right to Water? (Human Rights Watch, 22 March 2022)
Report: One in four people globally face extreme water scarcity [Video 5:52] Deutsche Welle News, 16 August 2023)
From Waste to Clean Communities: Klang River Cleanup [Video 6:06] (Our Better World, 13 August 2023)
Why American cities are struggling to supply safe drinking water [5:30] (PBS Newshour, 6 February 2023)
France's growing water crisis [12:32] (France 24, 15 June 2023)
Examples of local action in Japanese society
【農林水産・食の部】水・食料問題に挑む研究で世界的評価 名久井農業高校環境研究班(朝日新聞, 2024/03/30)
屋外水飲み場、「おいしさ」追及で浄水場から直結 さいたま市立小中(朝日新聞, 2024/12/29)
Lake Biwa: Lake Biwa and the Mother Lake Goals (MLGs) (Mother Lake Goals, 2025)
Examples of local action in other societies
Around the world 'Water is sacred': 10 visual artists reflect on the human right to water (The Guardian, 4 August 2020)
Canada Water is life: The fight for clean drinking water continues (Canadian Union of Public Employees, 22 June 2022)
China 'The water is poison': Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake (France 24, 16 November 2021)