A New Global Map Reveals 426 Shared Aquifers Crossing Borders
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The world’s hidden water reserves have just been mapped with unprecedented detail. The Inter...
PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that challenge science and the environment
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Resistant to water, grease and high temperatures. But also indestructible, “silent” an...
Why UNGA 80 and the 2026 UN Water Conference Will Not Change Water Politics
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly has just concluded in New York. For a week...
Water: 1 in 4 without safe access. Arrojo-Agudo: the real figure is double that
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Fifteen years after the historic UN resolution that established access to safe drinking water and ...
Navigating wetland conservation in challenging political climates
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Convention on Wetlands COP15, which concluded at the end July in Zimbabwe, left me with much f...
Flood risk prevention, Günter Bloschl: “Statistics are useful but not sufficient”
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in iitaliano On 27 August, during the 2025 edition of World Water Week, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden awarded...
Africa, over 10 billion pledged for water at AIP Water Investment Summit 2025
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Seven years after coming close to “Day Zero”, when Cape Town risked running out of wat...
From the Pacific to Sicily: the relentless Mediterranean odyssey of the Asian seaweed
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Edoardo Piretto’s weathered hands have been scraping scales off fish since he was nine, in t...
Cheese Whey for Circular Groundwater Remediation
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In early June, the Umbria region and ARPA Umbria, along with Ramboll Italy and the Grifo Agroalime...
Not just microplastics: mineral water may also contain PFAS
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano ‘Mineral’ does not necessarily mean pure. In recent years, there has been much talk ab...
Drought: Here are the Global Hotspots. No Country is Safe
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano “No country is immune to drought and we need to be prepared.” Daniel Tsegai, Program O...
Miteni PFAS Trial: Historic Ruling Condemns 11 Former Executives
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After four years of deliberation, 130 hearings, approximately 300 civil parties involved, and an i...
Water Resilience Strategy EU: grand promises, no obligations
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Bruxelles - A 10% water efficiency target by 2030, but it’s not binding. No new legisla...
The Caspian Sea is drying up, and Kazakhstan asks Russia to collaborate in managing the Volga River
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano from Moscow - Kazakhstan is concerned about the rapid decline in the level of the Caspian Sea, whi...
Salmon farming in Iceland: the environmental toll of a growing industry
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Once a symbol of toil and tradition, fishing is undergoing a profound transformation. Today, much ...
Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Tehran is sinking, and with it, much of Iran. This is a plain fact, not a metaphor for the country...
A decade of hydropower in the Balkans
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano There are currently 3,188 planned hydropower projects across the Balkans, with around a hundred un...
Wastewater Directive: the race for circular biorefineries is on
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The revision of the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (2024/3019) sets increasingly ambitiou...
Trump's deep sea mining order could destabilize international cooperation
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano As Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), I take note of the Executive Ord...
Water as weapon: India's threat to the Indus Treaty signals a dangerous global turn
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano It took years of painstaking diplomacy, technical negotiation, and political compromise to broker ...