<div dir="ltr">''<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Citing India, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)President Miroslav Lajcak has said, the world needs science for addressing water scarcity. Mr Lajcak said this in his address to the Science for Water conference convened by UNESCO and Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in New York. He said water is critical for achieving all Sustainable Development Goals.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The UNGA President said, in India, farmers are using solar-powered pumps to access groundwater for irrigation. He said, the world now need science for solutions which helps to calculate how population growth and climate change will affect the availability of water and track the shifting of rivers in order to help predict floods. Mr Lajcak said, four out of 10 people worldwide are affected by water scarcity and by 2025, it is estimated that 1.8 billion people will be living with absolute water scarcity.</div>''<div class="yj6qo"></div>''<div class="adL"><br />''</div></div>