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The brief argues that Europe’s water resilience must become a top political priority for the new European Parliament, the Commission, and Member States as climate change intensifies droughts and floods and aquatic ecosystem health continues to decline.
Water resilience is defined as the capacity of socio‑ecological systems, especially aquatic ecosystems and dependent communities, to resist, adapt, or transform in response to change.
Strengthening resilience requires better water governance via enhanced institutional frameworks and improved cross‑sector coordination, reflecting the interdependence of water use, development, and protection.
The brief highlights that existing efforts to curb pollution have not halted ecological degradation, underscoring the need to align policies and implementation across sectors and levels of government.
It calls for integrated, future‑proof governance that manages climate risks and ecosystem pressures coherently, ensuring sufficient, high‑quality water supplies for communities and nature.
Water resilience is defined as the capacity of socio‑ecological systems, especially aquatic ecosystems and dependent communities, to resist, adapt, or transform in response to change.
Strengthening resilience requires better water governance via enhanced institutional frameworks and improved cross‑sector coordination, reflecting the interdependence of water use, development, and protection.
The brief highlights that existing efforts to curb pollution have not halted ecological degradation, underscoring the need to align policies and implementation across sectors and levels of government.
It calls for integrated, future‑proof governance that manages climate risks and ecosystem pressures coherently, ensuring sufficient, high‑quality water supplies for communities and nature.
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