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Between the year 2000 and 2017, the EU-28 could decrease water abstraction by 17 %, while increasing its Gross Added Value by 59 % in the same period (EEA forthcoming). Despite this positive trend, water scarcity remains a significant issue for many river basins across Europe, especially in the south. Furthermore, drought events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. They are also striking various areas all across Europe, spanning even up to the Arctic circle (EEA, 2020). According to recent projections, an intensification and a longer duration of water scarcity is expected under global warming in the EU, specifically in the Mediterranean countries (Bisselink et al., 2020) (see Figure 13).[4] By 2030, half of the EU’s river basins are expected to experience water scarcity and stress (Trémolet et al. 2019).    

[4] JRC Peseta IV, Task 10 report, https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/sites/jrcsh/files/pesetaiv_task_10_water_final_report.pdf