{
  "id": 4772226,
  "title": "New policy brief outlines how EU policies can better support sponge restoration",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/new-policy-brief-outlines-how-eu-policies-can-better-support-sponge",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-01T03:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-policy-outlines-eu-policies-sponge.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Europe's water and climate resilience is under increasing pressure, with degraded soils, drained catchments and the loss of wetlands intensifying droughts and contributing to more destructive floods. In response, the EU-funded projects SpongeBoost, SpongeWorks and SpongeScapes have published a joint policy brief, \"Achieving Better Implementation of EU Policies by Restoring the Sponge Function.\"…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}