OVERVIEW
Climate change is placing increasing pressure on water resources worldwide through rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, droughts, and more frequent extreme events. These challenges threaten water security and have far-reaching environmental, economic, social, and legal implications.
Traditional water management approaches are no longer sufficient to address the complexity of climate-related challenges, which requires multidisciplinary approaches to integrate circular economy principles into water management strategies.
OBJECTIVES
The project aims to create an interdisciplinary group bringing together experts from environmental sciences, engineering, economics, law, and social sciences from different European universities able to find a common language to understand, examine, discuss, and propose solutions for equitable water management and conservation under climate change. It seeks to support future collaboration through joint research, publications, educational activities, and funding proposals.
ACTIVITIES
The project’s activities include collaborative meetings and a seminar series, hosted by partner universities, entitled “Challenges in Designing Circular Economy Policies for Sustainable Water Management under Climate Change,” addressing the multidimensional challenges of water management, methodologies for interdisciplinary analysis and solutions promoting circular economy approaches.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES
● Creation of an interdisciplinary and international research group.
● Identification of interdisciplinary research priorities.
● Collaborative scientific publications and exchange opportunities for researchers and students.
● Development of future project proposals.
● A white paper summarizing the project’s main findings.
PARTNERSHIP
The project is coordinated by the University of Brescia and involves the University of Beira Interior (Portugal), West University of Timișoara (Romania), HEG-FR – HES-SO (Switzerland), and the University of Turin (Italy). Through regular in-person and online activities, the partnership will promote knowledge exchange, interdisciplinary collaboration, and stakeholder engagement, creating a strong foundation for future research in sustainable water management.