On 15 February, the Faculty of Geosciences of Utrecht University and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding. This document endorses the desire of the two institutes to cooperate more with each other in education and research.
A group of Palestinian and Lebanese academics have returned a Dutch grant because of the Dutch government’s stance on the war in Gaza. They accuse the Dutch government of “unconditionally” supporting Israel despite its “colonization and genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
Halfway through the United Nations' push for sustainable development, there is backsliding on the goal of "clean water and sanitation for all." Water experts and stakeholders are out to change this.