With climate change and increased demand, water is increasingly scarce, and competition for limited water resources could cause tension and conflict between countries and communities. But within the framework of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube (ICPDR) 14 countries and the EU pledged to implement the 1994 Convention on the Protection of the Danube, with the ICPDR becoming a model for transboundary management of common river basins worldwide.

It enables countries and the EU to work closely together on water management issues and ensure that surface and groundwater in the Danube basin are managed and used sustainably and fairly. (More on environment.ec.europa.eu)