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The European Commission has launched the #WaterWiseEU campaign, an initiative to raise awareness of the increasing stress placed on Europe’s water systems and the many solutions available. We want to build a water-resilient Europe by 2050.
Women with disabilities face high discrimination. Only 9 EU countries criminalise forced sterilisation, while 13 allow it to be performed on persons with disabilities. EU legislation needs to continue to strengthen rules to ensure sexual and reproductive rights are safeguarded for all.
A recent study shows that forest degradation can span up to 1.5km inside tropical forest interiors, cutting canopy heights by 40-90%. The findings are alarming as decreasing tropical deforestation is key to safeguarding biodiversity and enabling climate change mitigation solutions.