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Greek government announces €5.9 billion plan to address water crisis

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On September 11, the Greek governme...

Water Integrity Global Outlook, corruption hinders right to water

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water On 11 September 2024, the internati...

Water and sanitation (WASH), there is more to it than climate

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water According to the World Health Organ...

UN, Guterres appoints Retno Marsudi as Special Envoy on Water

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water   On Friday, September 13, UN...

Renewable Matter launches the newsletter “The Water Observer”

The editorial staff of Renewable Matter is pleased to announce the launch, on Thursday 5 September, of the first issue of The Water Observer, the paper's new thematic newsletter dedicated exclusivel...

SDG6, UN: Half the world’s countries have degraded freshwater systems

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Water supply in Ukraine: merging humanitarian response with development

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Virtual water and climate, Taikan Oki awarded with the Stockholm Water Prize 2024

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In the Mountains, Nature Can Take Care of Water Treatment

Even in the mountains, where we naturally associate water with purity, the most pressing issues that water service managers need to solve concern untreated wastewater, the lack of sewerage systems, ...

The first Euro Mediterranean Water Forum will be held in Rome in 2026

In 2026, Italy will host the first Euro Mediterranean Water Forum in Rome. The Forum, which has previously focused solely on Mediterranean countries, will for the first time include all European and...

Digital Twins for Water Resource Management

The need to manage vast quantities of data, simultaneously improving operational and invested capital efficiency, is increasingly driving integrated water service managers to use advanced digital in...

Gaza, impending famine: hunger and thirst as improper weapons against the population

“The IPC's analysis of acute food insecurity conducted in December 2023 in the Gaza Strip signaled the risk of famine by the end of May 2024 if an immediate cessation of hostilities was not im...

World Water Forum 2024 to be held in Bali

The 10th World Water Forum 2024 will be held in Bali, Indonesia, from the 18th to the 24th of May. The theme of this edition is Water for Shared Prosperity. Organised through collaboration betw...

Water Resilience Initiative, institutional letter against the EU Commission's suspension

After being postponed in February, the European Commission has suspended the Water Resilience Initiative. Its submission has, in fact, been withdrawn from the agenda of the upcoming College of Commi...

Climate, biodiversity, and sustainable development: the key international meetings during 2024

2024 will be a key year for green finance, for the green transition, for advancing the UN Montreal-Kunming Agreement on Biodiversity, for strengthening multilateralism on sustainable development beg...

Full steam ahead for the EU Blue Deal

*from Brussels The European proposal for an EU Blue Deal picks up speed. On October 26, 2023, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), in a packed room at the Charlemagne Building in...