Safeguarding Europe’s water
- From: Vol 10, Issue 4 (April 2009)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
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- Related Companies: European Environment Agency (EEA)
The European Environment Agency is advocating tariff reform and water reuse as key tools to mitigate the effects of climate change. Executive director Jacqueline McGlade spoke to GWI.
A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) warns that all European countries must prepare to face increasing water scarcity and drought, as the problems traditionally faced by drier southern areas increasingly affect northern and western Europe.
The document, published in March, argues that as a result of chronic overabstraction and more frequent periods of low rainfall, “the balance ...
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