Water Resources

Watching over water, Earth’s most precious resource

Satellites are helping Europe protect its lakes, lagoons and rivers. By HELEN MASSY-BERESFORD It is early morning on the Razelm-Sinoe lagoon…

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Drought in Europe and water conflicts on the rise

Europe’s Drought-Riven Future Is Here, Decades Earlier Than Expected. Fights over scarce water resources in southern Spain are likely to…

2 weeks ago

Europe’s next crisis: A lack of the water

The Continent is bracing for yet another drought after a winter with little rain and snow. It’s barely spring, and…

3 weeks ago

From Abundance to Scarcity: The Changing Value of Water

Water is a precious resource that is essential to maintaining life on Earth. The world’s water supply has, however, been…

2 months ago

Largest river and wetland restoration initiative in history launched at UN Water Conference

A coalition of governments today launched the Freshwater Challenge - the largest ever initiative to restore degraded rivers, lakes and…

2 months ago

EU joins efforts to address the global water crisis and ensure water security for all by 2050

From tomorrow, at the United Nations Water Conference in New York from 22 to 24 March, the EU will be…

2 months ago

An opportunity to revisit the Indus Waters Treaty

Two days before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was about to proceed with the hearing of "objected"…

4 months ago

10 Entrepreneurs Share CHF 1.75 million to Tackle Global Freshwater Crisis

Securing the world’s global freshwater ecosystems, under increasing threat from climate change, population growth and consumer demand, has become more…

4 months ago

Fresh-water scarcity prompts hunt for more from the air and sea

By TOM CASSAUWERS Carlos Garcia foresees a world in which many millions of homes will get water out of thin air…

7 months ago

European Green Deal: Commission proposes rules for cleaner air and water

Today the Commission is proposing stronger rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants, and treatment of urban wastewater. Clean…

7 months ago