Claire Baffert

Care for our planet, work for @WWFEU, books lover - views are my own.

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

No #WaterResilience without clean water❗️

But @Europarl_EN is delaying needed updates to #ProtectWater 🔴

We call on MEPs to listen to the vast majority of Europeans demanding more EU action on water pollution and start the #trilogue negotiations on EU water pollution standards

👉 https://t.co/4ZzLWZErsa

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Insightful post by @WWFLeadWater about DANA and how to reduce the consequences of future floods by using nature - https://t.co/F9YqQSxLvs

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Very sad to see that EU institutions are delaying action to better protect citizens against water pollution. @EP_Environment we need trilogues to start as soon as possible on this important matter.

[European Environmental Bureau @Green_Europe]

Today is 2 years since @EU_Commission published a key proposal to address EU #WaterPollution💧🎂

This would add key substances that must be regulated in waters, due to their risks to ecosystems and health⚠️

But EU institutions are delaying action!

PR ➡️ https://t.co/D8RIT9vdrN

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Adapting to climate change seems such a complex task that it's difficult to see where to start. Read our new paper & find 5 principles for action, which should guide climate adaptation in 🇪🇺 👇
@RedCrossEU @CANEurope @GreenpeaceEU @UNDRR_ECA @ICLEI_Europe @e3g @InsuranceEurope

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

Europe is increasingly facing extreme heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires 🌡️🌊🔥

Climate change isn't just a future threat: it’s a present reality

While we need to step up our efforts to fight it, we must also strengthen our resilience and prepare for its impacts

Check out WWF's vision for climate adaptation in Europe➡️https://t.co/e0SPtN2y9B

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Science is clear: we have not manage to improve the overall state of freshwater ecosystems, which are the source of our water. Let's get serious about safeguarding rivers, lakes & groundwater. We need them more than ever for supporting our livelihoods, under a changing climate.

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

🚨 BREAKING – Europe’s water crisis demands urgent action! 💧

A new report from @EUEnvironment shows that water resources are still under severe pressure, with little progress since 2009 😧

The time to act is NOW!

We must:
💦Enforce water legislation
🚜Make significant changes to agricultural production
💨Reduce pollution
🌱Restore our ecosystems

See our full reaction 👉 https://t.co/lfteVX3v1b

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Everywhere in the world, wildlife is disappearing from our rivers and lakes, more than from any other ecosystems.
We cannot afford loosing this wildlife. There is no other way than functional freshwater ecosystems for providing water.

[WWF Water 💧🐟 @WWFLeadWater]

BREAKING: Freshwater species populations have crashed by 85% on average since 1970 - finds new @WWF & @ZSLconservation report!

We must scale up investment NOW in protecting and restoring our rivers, lakes and wetlands - for nature & people

https://t.co/q7pW8e1w92

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Water is at the center of most of the priorities of the upcoming mandate: competitiveness, resilience, circular economy. Read the recommendations of the Living Rivers Europe NGOs coalition on how to protect it, and mainstream it in the policy agenda 👇

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

📣💦We need to talk about water in Europe

Water pollution, droughts, and floods are increasingly affecting people’s daily lives

The new @EU_Commission must keep Europeans safe by prioritising the protection of water and freshwater ecosystems

See how ➡️https://t.co/2Bfofp1zyE

[WWF Central and Eastern Europe @WWFCEE]

⚠️Devastating hydropower project listed for priority EU investment despite major social, economic, and environmental concerns. WWF, CEE Bankwatch Network and 36 other environmental organizations across Europe urge EU decision makers to withdraw support for the Turnu Măgurele - Nikopol hydropower dam on the Lower Danube.

Learn more from the latest @Euractiv article here 👉 https://t.co/wPrXogzXoe

The project planned for the Lower Danube in Romania and Bulgaria is likely to:
🏠entail relocation of thousands of citizens and port infrastructure

🍅 disrupt agricultural production, fisheries, inland waterway transport, and tourism, and pose risks to the nuclear power plant in Kosloduy.

🐟 poses a critical threat to a string of protected areas as well as to migratory fish such as the iconic Danube sturgeons, teetering on the brink of extinction.

���️ violates key environmental commitments and EU legislation, such as the Habitats Directive and the Water Framework Directive

We have urged the European Parliament to ask for a two-months extension of the scrutiny period of the delegated act of the European Commission, which adds the project to the priority EU investment list.

This extension would allow the European Parliament to properly assess the impacts of this project. 🔴 If not, the delegated act will enter into force on 24 September.

Project approval would undermine the EU's commitment to biodiversity protection and climate resilience, setting a dangerous precedent for future infrastructure developments.

Learn more here: https://t.co/wPrXogzXoe

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

In case you missed it: the last report of #FranceStratégie on reindustrialisation in 🇫🇷 showed that water abstraction and consumption could 'substantially increase' in most of the scenarios, if no progress in efficiency is made @Strategie_Gouv. Link: https://t.co/Z6VOOy9qKS

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

@JuttaPaulusRLP @EU_ENV Thank you to all our speakers and participants in person & online for a fantastic launch of #Rivers2Restore! We invite you to read the report - and let's get our rivers flowing freely across Europe once more🌊👇

https://t.co/9xjYYzdKrS

[sabien leemans @SabienLeemans]

Strong statement from Maria Koufopoulou on the devastating impact of the flooding on farmers in her region and how river restoration can help to prevent future events from happening! #RestoreNature #Rivers2Restore

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

"Nature restoration is not an option, it should be an imperative also for the industry." says @MichalWiezik at the launch of the #Rivers2Restore report by @WWFEU. Find more about our report: https://t.co/miXoRoXiNQ

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

Floods can spell disaster for farmers 🌾. In 🇬🇷in 2020, flooding led to €1 billion in economic losses.

This 2 July, hear Maria Koufopoulou tell the story of living through floods & learn solutions.

👉Join the #Rivers2Restore event in Brussels⤵️

https://t.co/smGPPLzdeJ

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

Floods devastate lives, nature & the economy.

In 🇩🇪, recent floods led to 6 deaths & at least €100 million in emergency funding for uninsured people.

Did you know restoring rivers to their natural flow can limit flood damage? Find out more on 2 July!👇

https://t.co/smGPPLzdeJ

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Thank you to @MichalWiezik for accepting to join our discussion as well.

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Join our #Rivers2Restore event with MEP @JuttaPaulusRLP, Bettina Doeser from @EU_ENV and other speakers to discuss how restoring rivers can limit the impacts of floods and drought. Reserve your spot 👇

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

Rivers are beautiful, but did you know their twists & turns can limit climate disasters too?

On 2 July, join the #Rivers2Restore launch to hear how removing dams in 🇫🇮, or restoring floodplains in 🇳🇱 will bring huge benefits to people & nature.

Register👉https://t.co/smGPPLzdeJ

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Today Member States adopted an agreement allowing themselves to derogate further from water protection rules. We are calling on the new @EUparliament and @EU_Commission not to let this happen. Read more 👇

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

Water pollution in Europe could be about to get worse 🤢

🇪🇺Member States are weakening #WFD water protection rules & delaying deadlines for phasing out pollutants like #PFAS and glyphosate behind closed🚪

We've uncovered what's going on 👉https://t.co/8N9pFUtndH

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Member States are about to greenlight the introduction of new exemptions in the Water Framework Directive allowing them to pollute water more. Read more (in 🇫🇷) in @ContexteEnvi👉 https://t.co/nGcNTI4ZSN

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

🚨 BREAKING: We have the EU Nature Restoration Law!

Member States have just adopted the game-changing law for Europe's degraded ecosystems

It's a huge win for the EU's nature, citizens & the economy and the people behind the #RestoreNature campaign!

Thank you all 💚

[Claire Baffert @CBaffert]

Water directors are meeting today in Ghent. We urge them to protect our water legislation and to ask their governments not to add new exemptions to the Water Framework Directive.

[WWF EU @WWFEU]

💦Healthy freshwater ecosystems are fundamental to life, our economy, society & wellbeing.

We urge Water Directors to urgently update pollutant lists, ➕chemical mixtures, & to NOT add exemptions to the EU Water Framework Directive.

Read our joint 📨
https://t.co/sapF8hGeZ2