Abstract Recent policy developments in Europe consider the importance of water ecosystems to human wellbeing and the detrimental effects that multiple pressures may have on them. Several directives and measures which culminated with the design and the implementation of the Water Framework Directive, have attempted to address the issue of sustainable water management while aligning with targets of economic development. We review the European Water Framework Directive keeping in mind the commitment to the United Nation’ Agenda to 2030 with the aim to identify complementarities and missing parts in aligning regional policies to global targets for sustainable development. Towards this end the management plans in selected river basins, Ebro-Spain, Adige-Italy, Evrotas-Greece, Sava- Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Anglian-UK, are examined. The analysis shows that despite significant steps towards integrated management of water bodies in Europe, it is still necessary to improve policy design and implementation to align with global sustainable development targets. Appropriate supportive methodologies must be developed that consider the socio-economic and environmental dimensions of water management. Policies should aim for environmental agreements, alternative climate change scenarios, transparent quantitative measures targeting sustainable demand of water and explicit infrastructure and knowledge transfer channels which can accelerate the implementation of sustainable water management at regional and global level.

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资源管理和可持续发展：根据联合国可持续发展目标审查欧洲水政策

摘要 欧洲最近的政策发展考虑了水生态系统对人类福祉的重要性以及多重压力可能对其产生的不利影响。以水框架指令的设计和实施而告终的若干指令和措施试图解决可持续水资源管理问题，同时与经济发展目标保持一致。我们回顾了欧洲水框架指令，同时牢记对联合国 2030 年议程的承诺，目的是确定在使区域政策与全球可持续发展目标保持一致方面的互补性和缺失部分。为此，埃布罗-西班牙、阿迪杰-意大利、埃夫罗塔斯-希腊、萨瓦-斯洛文尼亚、塞尔维亚、克罗地亚、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那以及英国-英国的选定河流流域的管理计划，被审查。分析表明，尽管欧洲在水体综合管理方面取得了重大进展，但仍有必要改进政策设计和实施，以与全球可持续发展目标保持一致。必须制定适当的支持性方法，以考虑水资源管理的社会经济和环境维度。政策应着眼于环境协议、替代性气候变化情景、针对可持续水需求的透明量化措施以及明确的基础设施和知识转移渠道，以加快在区域和全球层面实施可持续水资源管理。仍需改进政策设计和执行，以与全球可持续发展目标保持一致。必须制定适当的支持性方法，以考虑水资源管理的社会经济和环境维度。政策应着眼于环境协议、替代性气候变化情景、针对可持续水需求的透明量化措施以及明确的基础设施和知识转移渠道，以加快在区域和全球层面实施可持续水资源管理。仍需改进政策设计和执行，以与全球可持续发展目标保持一致。必须制定适当的支持性方法，以考虑水资源管理的社会经济和环境维度。政策应着眼于环境协议、替代性气候变化情景、针对可持续水需求的透明量化措施以及明确的基础设施和知识转移渠道，以加快在区域和全球层面实施可持续水资源管理。