Summary of ‘The Final Sprint for Europe’s Rivers’ report

This is the summary of The final sprint for Europe’s rivers report, an update of the first edition released in June 202 including a new NGOs analysis of the quality and level of commitment of eight draft River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs) in three new countries, Poland, Romania and Spain.

RBMPs are required every six years under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) adopted 20 years ago, to outline how the environmental objectives for each river basin will be achieved. The 2022-2027 RBMPs are crucial, as they are the last ones before the WFD’s 2027 good water health deadline.