Position paper - Water Resilience

The Water Resilience Initiative must be a coordinated policy framework to reverse the water crisis and make water abundant, affordable and accessible to everyone no matter where they live. Water is crucial to achieving sustainability and enhancing the EU’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy. To strengthen its competitiveness and secure long-term investments, the EU must address water access, improve water management practices, increase water efficiency and promote water reuse.

This paper provides recommendations to address water scarcity through eight key areas: water access and competitiveness, infrastructure, circularity, water-energy-food nexus, digitalisation, ecosystems, creation of an investment-friendly environment and global partnerships.