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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
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.
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.
Latest indicators & datasets
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.
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
National measures to cut air pollution would benefit from stronger links with climate action
Human activities put pressure on every part of Europe’s seas
Use of climate-warming fluorinated gases continues to drop across EU
EU on track to meet greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy 2020 targets, progress in 2019 shows more ambitious long-term objectives are reachable
European countries taking action on putting in place UN’s environment-related Sustainable Development Goals
Marked improvement in Europe's air quality over past decade, fewer deaths linked to pollution
Emerging trends: What are the environmental impacts of artificial meat, delivery drones, blockchain and synthetic biology?
COVID-19 measures have mixed impacts on the environment
Developing accounting methods for land cover changes
EEA Signals 2020: Moving towards zero pollution in Europe
Countries and cities in Europe urgently need to step up adaptation to climate change impacts
Many of Europe's protected areas lack specific conservation measures and objectives
Stronger joint efforts needed to achieve cleaner Mediterranean
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