18.07.2025
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European Water Resilience Strategy: sinking ambitions on pesticide pollution

Today’s ‘Water Resilience Strategy’ by the European Commission makes bold claims but offers little ambition in protecting water resources from one of its most persistent threats: pesticide pollution. Rather than...

Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems, UN finds

Nairobi – In half the world’s countries one or more types of freshwater ecosystems are degraded, including rivers, lakes and aquifers. River flow has significantly decreased, surface water bodies...

Water crises threaten world peace (report)

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, highlights that tensions over water are exacerbating conflicts worldwide. To preserve peace, States must...

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