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Water resilience can’t be ignored, 21 member states warn EU executive

Strengthening water management in the EU will require concrete action and strategic mobilisation, according to a joint-letter published today.

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Hungary claims progress on air pollution and water at EU summit

Hungary hailed a 'successful' first, informal, summit of EU environment ministers and officials during its EU Council presidency, but drew fire from Germany for excluding civil society representatives from the meeting in Budapest.

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'Disaster': Sicily's farmers sound alarm as water dries up

Italy declared a drought emergency in Sicily a couple of months ago, hitting farmers and breeders the hardest.

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Water tanker brings momentary relief as Gaza supply shortages deepen

Scores of people in Khan Younis stand in line to fill their containers with water as supply shortages deepen.

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Climate crisis or negligence? The inside story of Sicily’s drought

Farmers' losses exceed €1 billion, according to a consortium.

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World Water Day: Water is a human right so why are so many struggling?

From dried-up rivers to poisoned water, people around the world are struggling to meet a basic need.

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Tenerife declares drought emergency after extremely dry winter

Some areas have introduced water restrictions including a ban on filling swimming pools and using drinking water for irrigation.

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Outrage as Commission accused of shelving water resilience plan

The European Commission has taken a water resilience intiative, an EU response to increasingly frequent episodes of drought and flooding, off its agenda for the coming months, sparking fears that it has once again caved in to an anti-green backlash ahead of EU elections.

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Barcelona imposes severe water restrictions during worst drought ever

Citizens could be fined for washing cars or watering gardens.

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Barcelona drought: ‘We are close to needing boats to bring in water’

Drought ‘emergency’ could be weeks away, authorities in northeast Spain have warned.

Ecotech

Is soilless farming Egypt’s answer to water scarcity?

Hydroponics uses just 10 per cent of the water needed for traditional cultivation.

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As droughts take hold, the elite buy 'luxury water' like fine wine

'Fine water' is drawn from volcanic rock in Hawaii, from icebergs that have fallen from melting glaciers in Norway or from droplets of morning mist in Tasmania.

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Can sea walls and land reclamation save the Maldives from relocation?

‘We are self-sufficient’: The Maldives' president says fortress islands will help to prevent climate migration.

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Chaotic weather swings are hitting everywhere from Africa to Europe

Italy’s weather extremes mirror Ethiopia’s climate, research reveals.

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Protests break out over water shortages in EU’s poorest territory

Taps flow just one day out of three in this French territory.

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The UN: More than half of Gaza's population uprooted from their homes

After four weeks of war, one and a half million Gazans, out of an estimated 2.7 million have now been displaced.

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Euroviews. Water woes could pave the way for improved EU-Iran relations

The bigger picture that the EU needs to consider if it wants to devise an effective and comprehensive strategy towards Iran is one of a country facing a fundamental political, economic, environmental, societal, and demographic crisis, Cornelius Adebahr writes.

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France not ready for ‘serious impacts' of climate change, report warns

While greenhouse gas emissions have declined, experts say efforts are still ‘insufficient’ to reach 2030 targets.

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Toxic dust and earth like ash: Lithuania’s extreme weather

"I really hope this drought is a wake-up call," one meteorologist tells Euronews Green.

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Drought-stricken wetlands in Spain endanger wildlife

From October 2022 to April 2023, the country’s rainfall was 24 per cent below the average for this period of the year.