19 Apr 2023

Over the past few years, the EU (DG Environment) and the OECD conducted a joint project to provide practical guidance to Members States with a view to accelerating the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. The OECD has now presented a report summarising the conclusions of several stakeholder workshops. Implementing Water Economics in the EU […]

01 Feb 2018

With parts of Paris under water and France facing its wettest January in more than a century, a major new report from the  OECD is warning that further improvements are needed to manage major flood risk in Paris and the Seine basin. Action to prevent the risk of major flooding in Paris and the Ile […]

30 Mar 2016

With the Davos conference highlighting the major challenges posed by water security and larger numbers of people living in cities this is a timely report assessing the trends. OECD ‘Urban, demographic and climate trends are increasingly exposing cities to risks of having too little, too much and too polluted water. Facing these challenges requires robust […]