EU Green Week 2024: Towards a water-resilient Europe

In the face of recurring water crises, this edition of the annual conference will discuss what is needed to make the EU more water resilient, today and tomorrow.   Water is a vital shared resource passed down from generation to generation and one of the fundamental elements for people, the environment and a fair, sustainable and resilient economy.  In recent years, citizens in various parts of the continent have faced a sharp increase in natural disasters such as droughts and floods, further exacerbating the EU's water problems and raising a new awareness of the need to make Europe water-resilient. . The pressure on water resources is not only caused by the effects of climate change, but above all by decades of structural mismanagement of this precious resource, pollution and ecosystem degradation. However, water resistance is not only a challenge for the EU. The world's water cycle is out of balance, closely linked to climate change and biodiversity loss, which exacerbate each other.