It is our great pleasure to present the new yearbook of the Organisation for Political Ecology Polekol — “The Ripening of Change”.
The year 2025 was another year that collectively reminded us that change in the protection of natural resources and the defense of the public interest does not emerge or produce results overnight.
It matures through dedication and knowledge, solidarity, and collective action. Through the Right to Water initiative, we continued to highlight systemic problems in water supply, the growing challenges posed by climate change, and increasing pressure toward the privatization and commercialization of water. At the same time, through the Women for Nature and Environmental Protection Network, we continued strengthening cooperation among women involved in different local struggles, building a space for solidarity, knowledge exchange, and collective action. Our research, legal and public policy interventions, and cooperation with the scientific community also contributed to a broader understanding of the consequences of extractivist projects that threaten water, biodiversity, and local communities. At the same time, together with citizens, activists, and experts, we defended rivers, initiated public debates, and demonstrated that the protection of nature must be an integral part of public policy and democratic decision-making. This yearbook records a year in which knowledge, solidarity, and local struggles came together in a process of gradual but irreversible maturation of change.