The aim of the international and interdisciplinary ICPR workshop held in Strasbourg on 24-25 June 2024 was to develop a common understanding and objectives for sediment balance and sediment management in the Rhine catchment area. Learn more about the findings and recommendations…
Discover our report on the outcomes of the October 2023 ICPR workshop on heavy rainfall and flash floods in the Rhine basin. This document provides an overview of ongoing activities within the states and presents a series of ambitious and cross-cutting recommendations (flood…
In some countries of the Rhine catchment, there already exists a state of the art for fish protection and fish descent for hydroelectric power plants of a certain size. For large plants, transitional measures are implemented in many places. Some countries or federal states have…
The present report was commissioned by the Conference of Rhine Ministers in 2020 to update the ICPR climate change adaptation strategy by 2025. The focus here is on the discharge regime (high and low water) and the water temperature. As a result, the expert group ‘Water…
Only four years after the extreme low water event of 2018, a new episode of pronounced low water occurred in 2022. It is largely due to low precipitation in spring and summer combined with above-average air temperatures.
The report presents in detail not only the evolution but…
Update of the discharge scenarios for the Rhine basin using latest climate change findings
As part of its Program Rhine 2040 entitled "The Rhine and its Catchment - Sustainably Managed and Climate-resilient", the ICPR mandated its climate expert group (EG HCLIM) with an update…
