“Climate change is already affecting Europe in various forms, depending on the region. It can lead to biodiversity loss, forest fires, decreasing crop yields and higher temperatures. It can also affect people's health.”[i]

It has been seen in the recent past that floods and droughts are more and more affecting European Union Members States and impact all citizens and all economic sectors. The 17^th EWA Brussels Conference will focus on the Blue initiatives in the Green Deal and highlight the importance of transdisciplinary cooperation to guarantee a reliable and high qualitative access to water for all across the European Union.

After an introduction on the ongoing and new EU Water Initiatives at the European level by DG Environment, session 1 on Water and Soil Protection will show which strategy the European Union has chosen to achieve the objective of the Green Deal. And what is means for the water sector. It will focus on providing an overview of the current situation and regulation before discussing the impact of the EU Soil Strategy on water and the use of sewage sludge. During this session, the European Environment Agency, the European Investment Bank and the DG Environment will present their views on that topic.

Session 2 on Floods and Droughts in Europe will have a look at the past extreme events in Europe before discussing the necessary territorial management to improve the water availability. In this session, DG Research will present its view on drought prevention research as well as researcher from across the EU.

Registrations Details

This year edition will take place at 

VIVAQUA

Keizerinlaan 17-19

1000  Brussel

You can also participate online. 

To register for the event, please fill out the form below or send the form completed back to us.

The flyer of the event is available here.

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