Safer Tap Water Thanks to Water Safety Plans
Ensuring high-quality drinking water is one of the most pressing challenges for public health and environmental sustainability. But what does guaranteeing "safe" water mean? Until a few years ago, r...
Water, between governance and technological innovation: the 2026 events
In 2026, water will be the testing ground for transition. No longer a sectoral issue, but rather an invisible infrastructure that holds together climate, production, cities, agriculture and social s...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Fading Relevance of International Water Law
In September, Ethiopia unveiled the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), hailing it as a “generational victory”. Standing before the dam's cascading waters, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ...
EIB and Gruppo CAP sign €100 million deal to modernise Lombardy’s water systems
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Gruppo CAP have signed a €100 million finance agreement to support the company’s 2025–2030 investment plan. The announcement was made by EIB D...
Water crisis: the subtle rise of managed aquifer recharge
They allow water to be stored in its most precious reservoir, the subsoil, with lower environmental impacts and costs than surface aquifers. Yet, for decades, managed aquifer recharge (MAR) tec...
Elizabeth A. Koch: “Who is missing from the rooms of water diplomacy?”
For much of modern history, water diplomacy has been a predominantly male domain. From engineers, hydrologists, and agronomists designing irrigation systems to the “hydro-bureaucrats” ma...
Turning water from a problem into a resource: the challenge of sustainable cities
To counter climate change, we must rethink the way we design and experience our cities: public health, the environment, urban planning and innovation must converge in a single “One Health&rdqu...
Water at the heart of COP30: what to expect after the Baku turning point
Within the global debate on the climate crisis, water represents a central paradox. According to experts, it is the element through which approximately 70% of the impacts of climate change manifest ...
Molecular Architecture Wins Chemistry Nobel 2025
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honors a scientific breakthrough that could reshape how humanity interacts with its environment. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have been awarded fo...
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...
The Ocean Race, a competition to protect the sea
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Sailing is a sport that brings human beings face to face with the power and unpredictability of th...
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...
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...