Water use Europe is overconsuming the world’s water through the food and products we buy

26 April 2013

Golf resort development threatens Croatian town

A local referendum will take place this weekend to save the cultural and natural heritage of the UNESCO city of Dubrovnik – which is under threat from plans to build a golf resort on the Srdj plateau above the city. Friends of the Earth Croatia is calling on local citizens to reject the plan, which has links to alleged corruption and tax evasion, will come at the expense of local citizens, and will permanently damage Dubrovnik's international reputation.

Croatia
3 July 2012

Halfway through its term in office, the European Commission is falling behind in the race to create sustainable long-term prosperity in Europe, warn Europe's leading green groups in a critical assessment of the Commission's environmental performance since 2010.

Everything we consume requires water at almost every stage in its production. Europeans are using much more water indirectly through the consumption of products, often imported from outside Europe, than directly in their households.

Europe's overconsumption of resources contributes to increasing water scarcity in many regions of the world. Friends of the Earth Europe calls on Europe to measure all the water it consumes directly and indirectly, in order to reduce its unsustainable and unfair levels of water use.

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