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New Report Highlights the Urgent Need for Improved Water Resilience Across Europe
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released its latest report, “Europe’s State of Water 2024: The Need for Improved Water Resilience,” shedding light on the growing challenges to Europe’s water security. The report, which draws on data from the 3rd River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs), highlights significant pressures on surface and groundwater bodies across Europe, emphasizing the need for immediate action to strengthen water resilience.
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Severe Droughts in the Danube River Basin
As the climate crisis worsens, severe droughts devastate European landscapes. According to the data published by the European Drought Observatory, more than 60% of land in the European Union and United Kingdom – an area nearly the same size as India (!) – is now affected by drought conditions. The Danube River Basin and the Danube itself have been affected by serious droughts in the past, e.g., in 2003, 2015, and now again one of the most feared natural phenomenon has gripped much of the Danube River Basin.
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Danube Declaration 2022 (551.84 KB)
Adopted at the ICPDR Ministerial Meeting on 8 February 2022. A Vision for Integrated Water Management in Our Shared Basin: Building a Sustainable Future in the Danube River Basin -
Shared Basin – Shared Destiny: Principles of Effective River Basin Management (2.74 MB)
River Basins by their very nature, impart a deep sense of common heritage, shared destiny and solidarity between citizens and nations along shared waters. This permeates not only through social and... -
ICPDR releases Report on the 2015 droughts in the Danube River Basin
In 2015 significant parts of the Danube River Basin were affected by droughts which negatively impacted different water-dependent economic sectors, vegetation and the aquatic environment. This is the latest of a series of drought events which occurred in Europe during the last decade.
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The 2015 Droughts in the Danube River Basin (1.94 MB)
In 2015 significant parts of the Danube River Basin were affected by droughts which negatively impacted different water-dependent economic sectors, vegetation and the aquatic environment. This is the... -
Annex to the report "The 2015 Droughts in the Danube River Basin" (2.7 MB)
The Annex includes the “Questionnaire on the 2015 Droughts in the Danube River Basin” completed by thirteen Danube countries (AT, BA, BG, CZ, DE, HR, HU, MD, RO, RS, SI, SK and UA) including... -
Danube Watch 1/2016 - Fighting drought in the Czech Republic
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Spain's Segura River wins IRF European RiverPrize
Vienna, 3 March 2016. The Segura River of Spain has been named the winner of the International RiverFoundation's 2016 European Riverprize. The award ceremony took place in Vienna's city hall for the third time.
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River Mur wins IRF European Riverprize 2014
Vienna, 28 October 2014. The IRF European Riverprize 2014 was awarded to the Austrian stretch of the River Mur. All three finalists were from the Danube River Basin.
