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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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March 2025
Mar 19
19 March 2025
Arnhem, Netherlands

STARS4Water will hold a workshop with the stakeholders of the Rhine River Basin in Arnhem (NL) on the 19th-20th of March 2025. The main topic of the upcoming Climate Adaption […]

April 2025
Apr 22
22 April 2025
University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166
Warsaw, 02-787 Poland

STARS4Water will hold its Steering Group XL Meeting in Warsaw on the 22-24th of April 2025. The meeting is organized by Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS). During this all […]

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WEF 2025 Publications: White Paper for extreme heat risk
06Feb

WEF 2025 Publications: White Paper for extreme heat risk

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 (Davos Switzerland, 20-24 January), dedicated on the theme “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age”,…

World Economic Forum 2025 – Session dedicated on “Water at a Tipping Point”
29Jan

World Economic Forum 2025 – Session dedicated on “Water at a Tipping Point”

The 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum was held in Davos, Switzerland on 20-24th January 2025, and convened…

Update of the discharge scenarios for the Rhine basin using latest climate change findings
20Jan

Update of the discharge scenarios for the Rhine basin using latest climate change findings

As part of its Programme Rhine 2040 entitled ‘The Rhine and its Catchment – Sustainably Managed and Climate-resilient’ (ICPR, 2020),…

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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.