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Stronger rules to protect people and the planet from the toxic metal have now come into effect.
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In this latest Euronews Water Matters crash course, we explore how nature-based solutions are increasingly being used to tackle floods, droughts, and water scarcity.
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The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) also aims to reduce the overall environmental and climate impacts of products on the EU market.
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'The Road to Green' is back with a new video explaining how the ESPR will impact product design in the EU.
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Most plastic in our oceans comes from rivers, so tackling that pollution at its source is essential. Find out how people are helping to do so.
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Seven cities have been selected by the European Commission to enter the final stage of the competition.
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Do you know how much water goes into making your favourite foods, the clothes you are wearing, or the car you are driving? This crash course examines the hidden use of water in everyday production, and how the EU has various tools to encourage more sustainable water consumption.
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From a crusade to save a dying lagoon by securing it the legal rights of a person, to building tree houses to lure back the bat population, environmental activists in Spain are doing what it takes to protect their local waterways from pollution and loss of biodiversity.
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The Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) will be part of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and will aim to tackle the key challenges in the water, marine and maritime fields.
![Restored floodplains could remove 38 000 tons of nitrate pollution in the Danube river basin](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/NA1443_shutterstock_1271151034.jpg?itok=aBOQ_62A)
The 1994 Danube River Protection Convention comes into focus as part of the Commission's #WaterWise EU campaign.