We Europeans take water for granted. Barring the occasional ban on using hosepipes during heatwaves, we use as much water as we like, when we like.
It won’t be like that for much longer. Climate change has already forced many cities in Europe to drill even deeper for groundwater.
Within the next decade, Europeans are likely to face the twin dilemmas of either too much or not enough water, as both droughts and floods become more frequent and extreme. As with other precious commodities, the question of access to this water will become intensely political.
By and large, policymakers are yet to treat water supply with the importance it deserves. Projections show that already by 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in countries or regions facing absolute water scarcity. Yet only 5% of international climate finance is allocated to climate adaptation, and 1% to protecting and providing clean water for vulnerable communities.
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German law enforcement and judiciary maintain “sole perpetrator” narrative in far-right terrorist threats
Lawyers, cultural workers, investigative journalists, representatives of faith communities and leading politicians have been threatened in Germany for almost three years by a group calling itself “NSU 2.0.” The perpetrators whose moniker is a reference to the fascist terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU) responsible for the murder of nine immigrants and a police officer have repeatedly made use of confidential information retrieved from police databases.
On Tuesday night, special forces of the Hesse state police arrested a 53-year-old right-wing extremist in Berlin, seizing a ready-to-use firearm and several data storage devices. The investigating Hesse State Criminal Police Office and Interior Minister Peter Beuth (Christian Democratic Union, CDU) have since presented the man as being the sole author of all the threatening messages.
Germany logs rise in cybercrime as pandemic provides attack potential
Germany s federal police documented a nearly 8% increase in cybercrime in 2020. Criminals especially took advantage of the coronavirus pandemic, selling fake vaccines and targeting people working from home.
Cybercrimes in Germany have more than doubled since 2015, the report found
Germany s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) noted a significant increase in the number of attacks on information technology (IT) systems in its annual report published on Monday.
The report s release comes amid a rise in cybercrime during the coronavirus pandemic, with authorities warning that the trend will only get worse.
What did the report find?
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