Major concerns still for Europe’s Environment
The European Environment Agency (EEA) released a fourth report on 53 European countries and their environmental situation, highlighting many significant factors, including poor water quality across the region.
According to this report, there are serious problems, especially in rural areas over drinking water, “More than 100 million people in the pan-European region still do not have access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation”, this report states. Climate change will only affect the frequency and severity of droughts which will put further strain on the affected areas.
In a recent debate by the EU member states over water the Commission suggested higher water prices as part of a July communication on water scarcity and drought, after an earlier Green Paper on adaptation to climate change, in attempt to mitigate future problems of water supply due to the changing climate.
Source IEMA News: – http://www.iema.net/news/envnews?aid=17791
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