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STARS4Water

The collaborative project funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme that aims to improve the understanding of climate change impacts on water resources availability and the vulnerabilities for ecosystems, society and the economy at river basin scale

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The STARS4Water Metadata Portal is an open access, flexible and modular environment, easily adaptable to the different needs of the River Basin Organisations. It aims to unlock existing data and information sources for water resources management and climate change adaptation, including new developments at EU and global level and lessons learnt from previous studies on data collection and data standards.

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May 2025
May 19
19 May 2025
Paganini Congressi, Via Toscana, 5/a
Parma, Italy

The 22nd Europe-INBO International Conference will be held in Parma (Italy) in a face-to-face format from Monday 19th May to Friday 23rd May 2025. This EURO-INBO International Conference 2025 will be held at the invitation […]

June 2025
Jun 03
03 June 2025
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Postbus 5
Delft, 2600 AA Netherlands

The inaugural CS4Water conference will focus on freshwater systems, diving into engaging workshop sessions, exploring innovative research, and connecting international water and citizen science experts. Also, the conference will focus on the crucial […]

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Uncertainties as a Guide for Global Water Model Advancement
14May

Uncertainties as a Guide for Global Water Model Advancement

Global water models allow to explore the terrestrial water cycle in Earth-sized digital laboratories. In this review, primary sources of…

STARS4Water team participation in XIII Iberian Congress on Water Management and Planning, 24-26 April 2025, Salamanca Spain
07May

STARS4Water team participation in XIII Iberian Congress on Water Management and Planning, 24-26 April 2025, Salamanca Spain

Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Geological and Mining Institute of Spain-CSIC (IGME), STARS4Water partners, participated in the XIII Iberian…

STARS4Water team at EGU General Assembly 2025, 27 April – 2 May 2025, Vienna Austria
30Apr

STARS4Water team at EGU General Assembly 2025, 27 April – 2 May 2025, Vienna Austria

STARS4Water partners participated in EGU25 with the following oral and poster presentations of the project: Purnamasari, D., van Verseveld, W.,…

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What Our People Say


Climate change affects us all and especially low water circumstances are of growing impact in the Dutch Delta, of 4 river systems in Western Europe. The effects of climate change are more or less the same, the circumstances are different for each river basin. Stars4Water will help us to strengthen our knowledge base and the network of water managers who are dealing with the same challenges.

Jan Kruijshoop Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management - Rijkswaterstaat


The STARS4Water project includes two distinctive elements: first, the need for an international stakeholder community to address the stakeholders’ needs and requirements. Second, the development and application of innovative data and model concepts. We acknowledge that these elements are of a different nature, being a stakeholder-driven approach and a rather science-data-driven in the application of novel data and models, respectively. It is the consortium’s firm conviction that for substantial progress in climate change adaptation, both these approaches are required, and that meaningful innovations happen where both meet.

The STARS4Water Consortium


Within STARS4Water we will develop an Online Impact Reporter. This application will support the reporting of biophysical and socio-economic impacts, changes in vulnerability and risk, and ex-post evaluations of applied adaptation measures by different categories of stakeholders related to water management and climate change. This information is crucial and currently lacking within the EU, thus the transparent exchange of this knowledge will support river basin managers in impact assessment, policy making and future planning of adaptation measures.

Maggie Kossida SEVEN

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Our Forum & Deliverables

Join our Stakeholder Forum to exchange views with other stakeholders in the 7 river basin hubs and beyond on challenges related to the implementation of River Basin Management Plans under climate change. Learn more about the STARS4Water next generation tools and data services for better supporting decision making and planning on actions for adaptive, resilient and sustainable management of freshwater resources at the basin scale. Share your experiences and support the STARS4Water co-development process.

Browse through our open access project Deliverables to discover more.