Water is a vital shared resource passed down from generation to generation and one of the fundamental elements for people, the environment and a fair, sustainable and resilient economy.

In recent years, citizens in different parts of the continent have faced a sharp increase in natural disasters such as droughts and floods, which have further exacerbated the EU's water problems and raised a new awareness of the need to ensure a water-resilient Europe. The pressure on water resources is not only caused by the impacts of climate change, but above all by decades of structural mismanagement of this precious resource and the pollution and degradation of ecosystems. However, water resilience is not just a challenge for the EU. The water cycle around the world is out of balance, closely linked to climate change and biodiversity loss, which exacerbate each other. (More on environment.ec.europa.eu)