Water Crisis

Water scarcity is often the result of unequal power relations rather than a natural phenomenon. Post-growth can help ensure more equal access.

A cross-border investigation explores groundwater depletion in Romania, Italy, and Germany, three of the EU’s hardest-hit countries.

Plastic pollution and the climate emergency are forcing us to question our water consumption habits.

During communism, irrigation systems made the Romanian Plain agriculturally robust, but have since collapsed. Droughts are the new reality.

Water wars are not inevitable but the result of bad management.

Martin Vrba explains why privatised water cannot bring about the resilience needed to face a warming world.

The war in Ukraine will continue to cast its shadow over the country’s natural ecosystems for decades to come.

Istanbul’s water reserves are drying up. With no miracle cure in sight, environmental science looks for ways to reduce water loss.

The European Citizens’ Initiative opened a much needed channel for citizens to reach the European Institutions directly, and brought with it immense potential to reinforce the EU’s democratic legitimacy.

“Right2water” is the first successful European Citizens’ Initiative and has got everyone talking about water. What accounts for the success of this initiative, and how can others learn from it?