Noticias sobre Luxembourg
UN water experts: The world is off-track to meet its sustainable water goal by 2030
3 out of 4 people currently live in water-insecure countries. More people die from a lack of safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services than water-related disasters, reveals the new UN global water security assessment.
Shiva Dustdar appointed Head of the EIB Institute
Shiva Dustdar is the new Director and Head of the EIB Institute and the first woman to lead this key pillar of the EIB Group’s community and citizen engagement.
Climate change threatens access to water and sanitation, warn UNECE & WHO/Europe
From insufficient drinking water supply to contamination by sewage overflow and disease outbreaks from improper wastewater treatment, existing risks from climate change to water, sanitation and hygiene in the pan-European region are set to increase significantly, UNECE and the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) have warned in intergovernmental discussions held in Geneva this week.
Climate warming alters glacier-fed stream ecosystems worldwide
According to two recent studies carried out as part of the Vanishing Glaciers Project, the ecosystems of glacier-fed streams are undergoing profound change around the world.
Wastewater treatment improves in Europe but large differences remain
Collection and treatment of waste water are key to reducing pressures and risks to human health and the environment, especially to rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.
EC launches a revolutionary tool for monitoring ongoing floods worldwide
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) unveiled the beta version of the Global Flood Monitoring (GFM) tool, unique for its capacity to process all data received by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites.
Attribution science: linking climate change to extreme weather
At the end of August, category four Hurricane Ida ravaged Louisiana and caused enormous damage in the Northeast due to flooding.
Europe experiences warmest year on record in 2020
The latest edition in an annual series of global climate reports shows that Europe experienced its warmest year in 2020 by a considerable amount.
Water-related hazards dominate disasters in the past 50 years
Water-related hazards dominate the list of disasters in terms of both the human and economic toll over the past 50 years, according to a comprehensive analysis by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Satellites map floods in western Europe
Record rainfall has caused swollen rivers to burst their banks and wash away homes and other buildings in western Europe – leading to more than 90 casualties and over 1000 people missing.
Early warning initiative advances in a pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated impacts of extreme weather and climate change in vulnerable countries but also highlighted the need to build resilience against a multitude of hazards through better early warnings and risk information.
The European Water Association appoints Raymond Erpelding as New President
At the annual EWA Council Meeting held online during the 40 years Anniversary Celebration of the Association, the aspiring EWA President, Raymond Erpelding received the baton of the EWA Presidency for the period 2021-2023 from his predecessor Bjørn Kaare Jensen from the Danish Water Forum (2019-2021).
LINKS strengthens disaster resilience through social media and crowdsourcing technologies
The project brings together 15 participating organisations and 2 associated partners across Europe and beyond, to investigate how social media and crowdsourcing can be used in disaster management processes.
ACCIONA with a coalition of stakeholders call on EU to enshrine Human Right to Water & Sanitation
Today, a coalition of 26 organisations, including ACCIONA, which represents the whole water supply and sanitation value chain, released a joint statement calling on the EU institutions to enshrine the Human Right to Water and Sanitation in EU law.
Researchers use drones to better predict urban flooding
The University of Luxembourg and the start-up RSS-Hydro are working together to optimise the prediction of flooding in Burange in the south of Luxembourg.
Claire Baffert (WWF): “We need to stop overexploitation and poor management of Europe’s rivers”
Since the creation of the European Policy Office in 1989, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a leading non-governmental organization, has worked on EU water policy.
EU creates a pan-European Umbrella study for early coronavirus detection in wastewater
Wastewater has emerged as a reliable indicator of the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the population, while being itself not a source of infection.
Water, Peace and Security Partnership awarded Luxembourg Peace Prize in the Environment Category
The Water, Peace and Security Partnership has been awarded the 2020 Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Environmental Peace.
Advances highlighted in climate risk early and warning systems
As the world continue to manage the deadly Covid-19 virus and looks at ensuring that the recovery addresses climate change threats, the significance of advanced multi-hazard threat warnings and risk information has never been more widely acknowledged.
UN report highlights increasing signs and impacts of climate change in atmosphere, land and oceans
The tell-tale physical signs of climate change such as increasing land and ocean heat, accelerating sea level rise and melting ice are highlighted in a new report compiled by the World Meteorological Organization and an extensive network of partners.