📢Last week, the European Parliament approved the new Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, enhancing standards across Europe.

💧This approval marks a significant step for improving #publichealth and #environmental protection across the continent.

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🆕The European Parliament has just approved new regulations to reduce emissions from industrial sites and large livestock farms, enhancing protection for health and the #environment .

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#EUGreenDeal #SustainableFuture

📣Pernille Weiss Chairman of the MEP WG co-signed with Pietro De Lotto, European Economic and Social Committee & André Viola, member of the European Committee of the Regions an open letter to the EU Commission asking to adopt a comprehensive approach to #water and reiterating their call for an #EUBlueDeal .

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🌍🇧🇪 Discussing environmental priorities with Minister Alain Maron for the Belgian Presidency in the ENVI meeting.

🌱Key focuses include #EUGreenDeal policies, circular economy, and combating #waterpollution ➡️buff.ly/3ST8OJF

#BelgianPresidency #ClimateAction

📢The EU Council & the European Parliament reached an agreement on the recast of the #UWWTD .

💧After 30 years, this new legislation adapts #wastewater management to the current challenges.

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#watertreatment #sustainablewater

🗳️On Jan 11, the ENVI Committee voted on the Industrial Emission Directive #IED and #IEP revisions to bolster health & environmental safeguards in agro-industrial installations.

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#IndustrialEmissions #EnvironmentalPolicy #ClimateAction

🇪🇺The #MEPs have recently voted for their position on the upcoming COP28 UAE coming up in Dubai from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. Here, 200 countries will meet to discuss stronger #climatechange action.

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💧Initiative on #WaterResilience is in the EU's 2024 key priorities!

🇪🇺President Ursula von der Leyen delivered the #SOTEU speech, outlining the main priorities and flagship initiatives for the year to come.

📌Check the details: state-of-the-union.ec.europa.eu/index_en

📢Yesterday, new requirements for a safe, transparent and accessible reuse of treated #wastewater in agricultural irrigation become the norm across most of the #EU

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#CleanWaterEU #waterreuse #agriculture

🔚Our event on ' #Partnerships and #Cooperation for #Water ' co-hosted with UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 concluded last week. 💡A lot of insights and interesting perspectives were shared by the speakers.

In case you have missed the event, you can now watch it at this link 👇
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🔴 'At UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, we are convinced of the value of cooperative approaches, including UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳WWAP established as a unique coordinating mechanism for #water assessment & mandated to produce the #UNWWDR '.

UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳EU Director, Louise Haxthausen takes part in the MEP Water Group event ⤵

MEP Water Group 'Slovenia strongly believes in the convening power of multi-stakeholder #partnerships . It supports the WWAP-led 'Call for Action to accelerate #genderequality in water', among other by providing financial support.'

Ms. Miskova, Slovenia's Ambassador-at-Large for Water Diplomacy

💧'The #water crisis can already be felt by our citizens, but it is nothing compared to how acute the problem will be in a few years' time if we do not act NOW.' CCMI President Pietro De Lotto at meeting on @Unesco World Water Report 2023 with MEP Water Group. #EUBlueDeal

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📺Join us LIVE at 14:00 pm for our event 'Partnerships and Cooperation for Water' co-hosted with unescoWATER and chaired by Pernille Weiss, MEP Water Group Chairwoman & Member of the 🇪🇺Parliament this year's theme of the #WorldWaterDevelopmentReport !

🔔You have 1 day left to register for the MEP Water Group event on #Partnership & #cooperation for water management co-organised with UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳!

🔵Tune in tomorrow, 23 May on 14:00-16:00 for an exciting discussion with Pernille Weiss & top EU speaker!

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🚀The MEP Water Group is hosting an online event with UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) on May 23 from 2-4 PM, discussing the importance of #partnerships & #cooperation for #water management.

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📢Yesterday, the MEP Water Group organised a dinner hosted by Pernille Weiss to have an exchange on the recast of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive #UWWTD , #energyefficiency , #resourcerecovery , #finance & the #utilities perspective among others! Our next event coming soon!

The 2023 UN #WorldWaterDevelopmentReport is out to assess the nature and role of partnerships and cooperation among stakeholders in #water resources management and development and their role in accelerating progress towards water goals and targets. 💦🌍 buff.ly/3ZNZNBM

''It becomes of outmost importance to manage and use water intelligently. In this context, the EU must become water-smart, that is to recognise the true value of water, as soon as possible.' said Pernille Weiss in her latest article.

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