It is a debate that stretches across the whole UK: Who has the best tap water? Brita, the company that makes water filter products for the home and on the go, now did test it. While tap water across t... Read More
Portugal’s coastal Algarve region is struggling with water shortages since longer. The increase in tourism and climate change made things getting worse and measures had to be taken. The dedicati... Read More
Pedro Moctezuma Barragán, the head of Mexico State’s Water Secretariat, has warned that the state’s water system is in danger of collapse, in part because it has been allowed to become a c... Read More
Summer is hot, thirst is often paramount – so people reach for a cool drink of water more often than usual. And it can come from the tap – not only at home, but also on the go: in the Germ... Read More
In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimated that 2 billion people worldwide lack access to clean water. Roughly a quarter of the world’s popu... Read More
As the news agency Reuters reports, the United States, one of the world’s biggest plastic makers, will support a global treaty calling for a reduction in how much new plastic is produced each ye... Read More
The Italian city of Venice suffers overtourism – and plastic bins to overflow. The collection works, but the bins fill up in 15 minutes. It is one of Venice’s many uphill battles against t... Read More
The German city of Freiburg im Breisgau is a Blue Community / Blue City since March 2022. In the city area, 39 fountains and water columns provide fresh drinking water. The service is popular with re... Read More
Ahead of the 57th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC57), taking place in Geneva from 9 September to 9 October 2024, the Geneva Environment Network and its partners convened an informatio... Read More
