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We are pleased to share the fourth STARS4Water Newsletter, designed to keep you updated on our project’s progress, outcomes, and other significant developments in the fields of water resource management

STARS4Water has released a new policy brief highlighting how climate change is reshaping Europe’s river basins. The brief warns about more frequent droughts and floods, declining snow and glacier storage,

The STARS4Water project has released a report on the “Added value of data-driven models and data services”. The report provides an overview of newly developed or improved data-driven modelling tools

In recent decades, the unprecedented levels of accessible data and computational power has led to an explosion of applications of data-driven and Machine Learning (ML) models across almost all areas,

To improve the understanding of water resources availability and water use in river basins the STARS4Water project is unlocking global and European data sources by creating easy access to these

STARS4Water has recently held its annual General Assembly meeting in Drammen and Finse, Norway, from 22nd  to 26th of September 2025, organized by Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)

STARS4Water has just launched the STARS4Water Academy during our all partners and stakeholders meeting on the 25th of September, in Drammen, Norway. The Academy offers an open access structured series

We are pleased to announce the launch of the STARS4Water Impact Reporter, which was held during our all partners and stakeholders meeting on the 25th of September, in Drammen, Norway.

A key milestone in global water governance was reached on 9 July 2025, when the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted six thematic pillars for the upcoming UN 2026 Water

Europe is currently confronting a significant and escalating drought crisis as the summer of 2025 progresses. Multiple scientific agencies report expanding drought conditions, profoundly impacting ecosystems, agriculture, water resources, and

The 75th anniversary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) was celebrated on July 3, 2025, in Düsseldorf, where water management experts commemorated 75 years of

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released a new briefing highlighting the urgent need to rethink how water is used across Europe to build long-term resilience against droughts and water

On 17 June 2025 — coinciding with the UN’s Desertification and Drought Day — the European Commission unveiled two flagship initiatives aimed at bolstering resilience against desertification and drought in

We are pleased to share the third STARS4Water Newsletter, designed to keep you updated on our project’s progress, outcomes, and other significant developments in the fields of water resource management

Europe is grappling with an early and intensifying drought in 2025, with nearly 40% of EU territory under official drought warning or alert conditions. Spring 2025 has been exceptionally dry:

The Nordic Hydrological Conference on “Water and Climate Change: Impacts and Adaptation” has been implemented from June 3 to 5, 2025, in Reykjavík, Iceland. The conference delved into the effects

Global water models allow to explore the terrestrial water cycle in Earth-sized digital laboratories. In this review, primary sources of uncertainties are identified and it is discussed how they can

Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Geological and Mining Institute of Spain-CSIC (IGME), STARS4Water partners, participated in the XIII Iberian Congress on Water Management and Planning with two presentations of

STARS4Water partners participated in EGU25 with the following oral and poster presentations of the project: Purnamasari, D., van Verseveld, W., Buitink, J., Sperna Weiland, F., Dalmijn, B., Teuling, A., and

Within STARS4Water we are focusing on multi-scale model integration through the benchmarking of land surface and hydrological models. The primary objective of this activity is to evaluate the ability of