Working towards a secure water future
REsilienT water gOvernance Under climate CHange within the WEFE NEXUS
The RETOUCH NEXUS project spent four years building the indicators, governance schemes, economic instruments, engagement mechanisms and upscaling strategies that will help Europe manage water, energy, food and ecosystems as one connected system, tested live in six case studies from Malta to the Netherlands.
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What Lives Beneath the Surface? Youth Voices on Interconnected Water Problems, Through Art and Media
A collaboration between X11 (Media, Design & Technology high school, Utrecht) and the Dutch case study of the RETOUCH project,…
Validating Water Pricing Policies in the Júcar Basin: Highlights from Our Spanish Workshop
On Friday, 12 June, the RETOUCH NEXUS team brought together researchers and stakeholders in Valencia for a hands-on workshop dedicated to the Júcar River Basin. Putting the Hydroeconomic Model to the…
New Research: A Market-Based Alternative to “Polluter Pays” – Powered by Smart Contracts
We're proud to spotlight the latest publication from our partner Erik Ansink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), co-authored with Jens Gudmundsson and…
How Should Water Be Priced Under Climate Scarcity? RETOUCH NEXUS at WCERE 2026
RETOUCH NEXUS was represented at the 7th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE 2026), held from 29 June…
Empowering Women in Water Governance: Join WE-ACT Free Webinar on 22 June
Water security and gender equality are two of the defining challenges of our time, and they are more connected than…
How Should Water Be Priced in a Changing Climate? Safa Baccour Presents New Findings at EGU 2026
Research from the IIAMA institute explores how uniform and dynamic water pricing strategies can reduce unsustainable withdrawals, protect ecosystems, and…
New Policy Brief: Water Pricing
Pricing Scarcity at the River Basin Scale Traditional water allocation rules fail to reflect the true marginal value of water…
New Policy Brief: Economy-Wide Water Footprint Analysis
Water, Supply Chains, and the Economy in Slovakia Water consumption in Slovakia is concentrated in a small number of sectors,…
New Policy Brief: Drought-Adaptation Packages
Farmer-Centred Drought Policy in Noord-Holland Despite increasing water scarcity, farmer investment in drought adaptation in the Netherlands has remained limited,…
New Policy Brief: Water and Energy Sustainability in Small Island Economies
Water-Energy Interdependence in Malta Malta faces significant water scarcity compared to other EU member states, relying on energy-intensive desalination to…
New Policy Brief: Collective & Scalable Strategies for Non-Conventional Water Resources
Collective Rainwater Management in Flanders Flanders faces growing water stress, prompting increasing interest in decentralised, circular water management solutions, such…
RETOUCH NEXUS 6th General Assembly – Aligning for the Final Stretch
As we enter the final phase of the RETOUCH NEXUS project, our consortium gathered in Bratislava on April 20–21, 2026…
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Pricing Water to Protect Nature: Our Partner Safa Baccour Presents at the International Conference on Climate Impacts in a Changing World 2026
We are proud to highlight the participation of our partner Safa Baccour from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) at…
New Policy Brief: Leveraging Economics for Water Resilience
Unlocking Water Resilience Through Economic Tools: Read Our Second Joint Policy Brief Read Our Policy Brief Europe's water systems are…
Experts Convene to Shape Slovakia’s Agricultural Future: Workshop on New EU CAP 2028–2034
Over 200 stakeholders gathered at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra on February 5, 2026, for a landmark workshop…
New Policy Brief: What “Nexus”? Towards Resource Nexus Standardization
Defining and Standardizing the Resource Nexus Despite growing recognition in academic and policy circles, the "Nexus" concept has long suffered…
Building Resilience: Economic Instruments for Sustainable River Basin Management
Online – February 26, 2026 On 26 February 2026, the RETOUCH NEXUS project took part in the webinar "Economic Instruments for Resilient River Basin Management," organised as part of the…
RETOUCH NEXUS Presented at the International Workshop WEARE-EAARN-FICOTUR in Córdoba
RETOUCH NEXUS was represented at the International Workshop WEARE-EAARN-FICOTUR: Establishing Networks, held on 22–23 January 2026 in Córdoba, Spain, within the session “Instruments and Policies…
New Policy Brief: Pathways Towards Improved Integrated Water Governance in Malta
Integrated Water Governance in Flanders Malta confronts unique water governance challenges as a small, densely populated Mediterranean island with no…
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Discover the diverse locations where the RETOUCH NEXUS project is making an impact. All together, our case studies represent the diversity of water challenges faced in Europe – facilitating the development of a product that can be easily replicable in other basins in Europe – but also beyond Europe (as other regions do face similar challenges).
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