Dialogue in the Fluss Bad Garden am Spreekanal, Berlin-Mitte

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Time: 19-20:30 | Place: Sperlingsgasse 1, 10178 Berlin

The Wassernetz Berlin as Guest in the Fluss Bad Garden

The European legal framework contains relevant requirements for water protection, but their implementation in Berlin is progressing only slowly. How can we counteract the further degradation of aquatic habitats in Berlin and what opportunities for practical civic engagement are offered by Wassernetz Berlin, which was founded in January this year, especially in the catchment area of the Stadtspree?

Dialogue at the Packereigraben, Berlin-Reinickendorf

Tuesday, 12 April 2023

Meeting point: 10 am S-Bf. Waidmannslust | Duration: 10 am - 1 pm

Advance notice: A second dialogue event will take place on Wednesday, 14.06. from 11.00 to 14.00 at the Packereigraben. Further information will be announced in the next few days.
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We are back at the Packereigraben. What has happened so far? At our first dialogue event in summer and autumn 2022, we got a picture of the watercourse, provided information on watercourse assessment procedures and implemented the first planned enhancement measures. We installed flow deflectors and gravel to create habitats for small fish and insects, for example. In addition, we removed Japanese knotweed from the banks and planted black alder, a native and water-typical tree species.

Tesla will seine Produktionskapazität nach Angaben des Brandenburger Landesumweltamtes künftig auf 500.000 und dann auf eine Million Autos im Jahr erhöhen. Naturschutzverbände in Brandenburg lehnen einen Ausbau der Fabrik ab und werfen der SPD-geführten Landesregierung schwere Versäumnisse bei der Ansiedlung und Kontrolle der Fabrik vor. „Die derzeitige Produktion soll erst einmal gestoppt und sicherer gemacht werden“, sagt Steffen Schorcht von der GRÜNEN LIGA Brandenburg. Seit Baubeginn in Grünheide wurde von Tesla sechsmal gegen Bau- und Umweltrecht verstoßen. Es wurden dafür Bußgelder in Höhe von 16.950 Euro verhängt.

Indigenous Peoples, social movements and water defenders address the United Nations at the 2023 UN Water Conference to amplify the voices of the unheard and insist that the following fundamental issues be placed at the center of water policies at the global, regional, national and subnational levels:

In view of the convocation by the UN General Assembly of the Conference on the complete mid-term review of implementation of the goals fixed in the International Decade for Action “Water for a sustainable development 2018-2028” (2023 UN Water Conference), to be held in New York from the 22nd to the 24th of March 2023, we, movements, networks, NGOs, trade unions, that are members of the European Water Movement (EWM), invite the EU Parliament and all the MEPs to actively contribute and participate to the events of the aforesaid UN Water Conference.

The European Union's Department of International Relations has developed a common position paper for Member States (MS) with topics to be addressed in the interactive dialogues of the Conference. The suggested topics include governance, climate adaptation and financing. 

Regarding this position paper, the European Water Movement (EWM) shares the EU stance on the necessity to implement a Human Rights-based perspective for water management and governance, ensuring the affordability of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) and the good ecological status of water bodies, underlining the need to improve accountability and transparency, and to regulate and control the involvement of the private sector and its risks for the HRWS guarantee.