Σεπτέμβριος 2013

Clean freshwater faces various threats such as increasing demand by population growth, pollution and changes in the hydrological cycle due to climate change. According to the United Nations World Water Development report, a country’s industrial water use increases with its income. It ranges from 5% in low-income countries to over 40% in some high-income countries. Thus, water use is an important issue for a country’s sustainable development.

While policy decisions can have a huge impact on how people interact with their environment - and science should have a key role here - sound decision-making is based on science. This is not however always the case, and a team of European researchers puts this down to communication gaps between science, policy and society. And they are doing something about it.

Further information: cordis.europa.eu