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EBRD Supports Critical Infrastructure in Zagreb with EUR 50 million Loan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a EUR 50 million loan to the City of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia and its largest city, to support its vital public utilities, including water and transport. The EBRD’s…
New Report: Is the Solution to Water Crises Hiding Right Under Our Feet?
Groundwater accounts for 99 percent of all liquid freshwater on Earth. However, this natural resource is often poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even abused. According to the latest edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report published…
A Country of Technological Innovations and Water Scarcity
It seems that we can learn the most about how to wisely manage resources from countries that do not have them at their disposal to a significant extent. Among those shining examples is certainly the country of Israel, which has…
Why Water is Crucial for Sustainable Food Systems
Agriculture is a major user of freshwater withdrawals Irrigated crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and forestry, account for roughly 70 percent of total freshwater withdrawals globally and for over 90 percent in the majority of Least Developed Countries, of which almost…
A Roadblock For Plastic
Water means life. Think of diverse organisms, lush vegetation… and, don’t you dare to forget the plastic, almost an indispensable part of the water inventory nowadays. We have long been accustomed to bottles, bags and other unwanted, floating guests, so…
WADI + Sun = Free Potable Water
The perfection is in simplicity, which also goes for simple inventions. Thus, a small device, called WADI, which does not require batteries, chemi-cals, or spare parts, can save a large part of the world struggling with a lack of access…
Green Power, Clean Air
Are the sun and water resources that could clear the path to a climate-neutral world or just another “bad master” who could bring droughts and floods? Both scenarios are equally possible. However, what kind of world we will dawn in…