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Your quarterly update on Europe's Environment

European Environment Agency's Newsletter, Issue 04/2020

EEA-Eionet Strategy 2021-2030: Delivering data and knowledge to achieve Europe’s climate and environment ambitions

"We identified our strategic objectives for the coming decade. We will continue to support policy implementation and sustainability transitions and will provide timely input to solutions for sustainability challenges. To provide the knowledge needed, we will build stronger networks and partnerships and make full use of the potential of data, technology and digitalisation, while ensuring that we continue developing of our expertise and capacity across the network."

Hans Bruyninckx, EEA Executive Director

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Interview with EEA experts:

Healthy environment, healthy lives

Catherine Ganzleben

Head of Air Pollution, Environment and Health Group

Alberto González Ortiz

Air Quality Expert

Eulalia Peris

Environmental Noise Expert

Health and environment, including air and noise pollution

Air pollution, noise pollution and the impacts of climate change are key risks to the everyday health and well-being of Europeans. We talked with Catherine Ganzleben, head of group, air pollution, environment and health, Alberto González, EEA air quality expert, and Eulalia Peris, EEA noise pollution expert to find out more on what the EEA is doing to improve knowledge in this important field of work.

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In the spotlight

 

How healthy is Europe's nature? Latest evaluation shows Europe's nature in serious, continuing decline

Unsustainable farming and forestry, urban sprawl and pollution are the top pressures to blame for a drastic decline in Europe’s biodiversity, threatening the survival of thousands of animal species and habitats. Moreover, European Union (EU) nature directives and other environmental laws still lack implementation by Member States. Most protected habitats and species are not in good conservation status and much more must be done to reverse the situation.

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Latest indicators & datasets

Air quality

  • Exceedance of air quality standards in Europe

Biodiversity

  • Exposure of Europe's ecosystems to ozone

Datasets on status and trends of bird populations and conservation status of habitat types and species.

Climate change

  • Global and European temperatures

  • Arctic and Baltic sea ice

  • Greenhouse gas emission intensity of electricity generation in Europe

  • Global and European sea level rise

  • Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations

Datasets on approximated estimates for greenhouse gas emissions; climate change mitigation policies and measures; Member States' greenhouse gas (GHG) emission projections; and Copernicus Land Monitoring Service - High Resolution Snow and Ice Service.

Energy

Datasets on approximated estimates for the share of gross final consumption of renewable energy sources in 2019 and for the primary and final consumption of energy in 2019; and reported information on large combustion plants under the Energy Community Treaty.

Data viewer on Impacts of renewable energy use on decarbonisation and air pollutant emissions.

Industry

Dataset on industrial reporting under the Industrial Emissions Directive.

Land use

  • Vegetation response to water deficit in Europe

Transport

  • Greenhouse gas emission intensity of fuels and biofuels for road transport in Europe
  • New registrations of electric vehicles in Europe

  • Use of renewable energy for transport in Europe

Water & marine environment

  • Nutrients in freshwater in Europe
  • Oxygen consuming substances in European rivers

Dataset on Waterbase - UWWTD and WISE WFD protected area spatial data sets.

Latest interactive maps

Interactive Urban Waste Water Treatment map

 

Upcoming events

 

EEA online debates: Ask an expert 2021

The EEA will be organising a series of interactive chats on social media on its latest findings and assessments, starting with climate mitigation experts on 12 January, 14.00-14.30 CET. More information on these live events to be shared on EEA social media channels. 

 

EU Green Week - 31 May - 4 June 2021

EU Green Week 2021 will be an opportunity to engage with all stakeholders and interested citizens on how we can work together to make the ambition for a zero pollution and toxic-free environment a reality. Read more

 
 

In case you missed - EEA news since September

Climate action in Europe: EU ETS emissions see big drop in 2019, latest EEA assessment shows

Climate action in Europe: EU ETS emissions see big drop in 2019, latest EEA assessment shows

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National measures to cut air pollution would benefit from stronger links with climate action

National measures to cut air pollution would benefit from stronger links with climate action

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Human activities put pressure on every part of Europe’s seas

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Use of climate-warming fluorinated gases continues to drop across EU

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EU on track to meet greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy 2020 targets, progress in 2019 shows more ambitious long-term objectives are reachable

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European countries taking action on putting in place UN’s environment-related SDGs

European countries taking action on putting in place UN’s environment-related Sustainable Development Goals

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Marked improvement in Europe's air quality over past decade, fewer deaths linked to pollution

Marked improvement in Europe's air quality over past decade, fewer deaths linked to pollution

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Emerging trends: What are the environmental impacts of artificial meat, delivery drones, blockchain and synthetic biology?

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Still insufficient progress in making transport fuels more climate friendly, latest EEA data show

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Winners of EEA’s ‘REDISCOVER Nature’ photo competition announced

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COVID-19 measures have mixed impacts on the environment

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EU's Eastern partnership countries face problems with water scarcity and pollution

EU's Eastern partnership countries face problems with water scarcity and pollution

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Developing accounting methods for land cover changes

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Latest evaluation shows Europe's nature in serious, continuing decline

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Moving towards zero pollution in Europe

EEA Signals 2020: Moving towards zero pollution in Europe

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Countries and cities in Europe urgently need to step up adaptation to climate change impacts

Countries and cities in Europe urgently need to step up adaptation to climate change impacts

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Many of Europe's protected areas lack specific conservation measures and objectives

Many of Europe's protected areas lack specific conservation measures and objectives

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Stronger joint efforts needed to achieve cleaner Mediterranean

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Sharpest decrease of the decade in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, before impacts of COVID-19

Sharpest decrease of the decade in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, before impacts of COVID-19

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