Brussels, May 15th 2012. To: Olli Rehn, Vice-President of the European Commission and member of the Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro. CC: José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. Michel Barnier, member of the Commission responsible for for Internal Market and Services. Janez Potočnik,   Read More ...

Sign the civil society statement and join the campaign to stop UN corporate capture! In June this year, governments gather in Brazil for the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development to agree on measures to address the multiple crises the world is facing on issues such as energy, food, climate   Read More ...

  On Sunday 1st April, at the first opportunity, the European Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) on water as a human right was submitted to the European Commission.     It is now up to the European Commission to validate the proposal. Once this is done the official registration of signatures can   Read More ...

Denouncing the murderous attack to Greek anti-mining activists in Megali Panagia, Chalkidiki: The struggle for water and nature is a struggle for life and will always prevail! Think of the following scenario, typical up to now in countries in Latin America: A government in debt to the banks is under   Read More ...

The water chapter of the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), A Budget for the Rest of Us, calls for the federal government to carry out their international legal obligations on the human right to water and sanitation by committing $9.336 billion to critical water services. The water chapter highlighted the UN’s   Read More ...

Over 50 planned actions in 30 countries are planned for the 15th International Day of Action for Rivers! A great variety of actions are planned for this year’s Day of Action for Rivers: press conferences, camps near rivers, music festivals, prayer gatherings, declarations made and publicized, film screenings, protests, educational   Read More ...

After a year and a half of protests by trade unions and citizens, of demonstrations and debates throughout the Madrid community, on Sunday, March 4th a people’s consultation was held  in the surrounding municipalities, organized by the Platform against the privatization of the Isabel II Canal (Privatizacion del Canal Isabel   Read More ...

Risky Technology to Extract Shale Gas Should Be Banned. Washington, D.C.—New technology enabling the extraction of large quantities of oil and natural gas from shale and other rock formations could drive the world’s next great global water crisis unless it is banned, according to a new report released today by   Read More ...