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Ewa LEŚ, Eutrophication Working Area Leader at the Coalition Clean Baltic, gave us an interview during INBO’s World General Assembly held in Bordeaux in October 2024. We talked about pollution and hydromorphological pressures and their consequences for the social and economic life of cities; the importance of transboundary cooperation, from local to international level, but also across sectors; and the value of exchanging experiences between all those involved in water.

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What is the Coalition Clean Baltic?

The Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) is a non-profit association founded in Helsinki in 1990, following a meeting of environmental non-governmental organisations from the countries of the Baltic Sea region. Its aim is to protect and improve the region’s environment and natural resources for present and future generations.

Politically independent, the CCB has almost 1,500,000 members in all the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea, bringing together member and observer organisations, as well as partners and individual experts in all the countries of the region.

Key figures about the Baltic Sea:

M
of people live in the basin
%
of the Baltic Sea is heavily
affected by eutrophication

Who is Ewa LEŚ?

A biologist with a background in environmental law, Ewa Leś is currently Eutrophication Working Group Area Leader in the Baltic Sea Region within the Coalition Clean Baltic.

She is also the founder of the University of Rivers, officially launched in 2020 in Poland, which aims to bring together water stakeholders once a year to share their knowledge and discover the particularities of the different rivers in the Baltic Sea region and Europe.

Its areas of focus are freshwater security, water policy, building water democracy and water-related conflicts.