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Het RETOUCH NEXUS-project is gewijd aan het aanpakken van de groeiende uitdaging van waterschaarste door het bevorderen van een geïntegreerde water-energie-voedsel-ecosysteem (WEFE) Nexus-benadering die de watereconomie van de EU ondersteunt en gebaseerd is op ecologische en sociale overwegingen.
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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…
Check out the 6th RETOUCH NEXUS newsletter!
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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…
Nieuw beleidsdocument: Geïntegreerd waterbeheer – De Blauwe Deal van Vlaanderen in de praktijk
Integrated Water Governance in Flanders Flanders, Belgium faces growing water stress that threatens the reliability of its centralized drinking water…
Nieuwe beleidsnota: wegen naar een beter geïntegreerd waterbeheer in Slowakije
Integrated Water Governance in Slovakia Slovakia stands at a critical juncture as climate change exposes the nation to increasing droughts,…
Nieuw beleidsdocument: Effectieve participatie in het Nederlandse waterbeheer bevorderen
Integrated Water Governance in the Netherlands The Netherlands faces increasingly complex water challenges driven by climate change, polluted waterways, soil…
Nieuw beleidsdocument: Wegen naar verbeterd geïntegreerd waterbeheer in het stroomgebied van de bovenloop van de Main
Integrated Water Governance in the Upper Main River Basin The Upper Main River Basin in northern Bavaria confronts mounting climate-related…
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