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European Environment Agency This is the page of the European Environment Agency (EEA), an agency of the European Union. Currently, the EEA has 33 member countries.
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Our task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. We are a major information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public.

🌿 How can more sustainable consumption help tackle biodiversity loss?At hashtag , join us for Sustainable Consumption fo...
22/10/2026

🌿 How can more sustainable consumption help tackle biodiversity loss?
At hashtag , join us for Sustainable Consumption for Biodiversity: Advancing KM-GBF Target 16, exploring how action on consumption, circular economy solutions and better monitoring can support progress towards global biodiversity goals.

If you're at the COP17 join us!

🎙️ With Riyong Kim and Frank Wugt Larsen from the European Environment Agency, and Marianne Kettunen from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
📅 27 October | 16:00–17:00
📍 Nordic Pavilion, Blue Zone

Interested in helping to put together Europe's second Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA-2)? 🌐 The EEA is looking for expert...
22/10/2026

Interested in helping to put together Europe's second Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA-2)?

🌐 The EEA is looking for experts to join Thematic Expert Groups (TEGs) supporting the development of the next assessment.

EUCRA-2 is the European Union's flagship assessment of climate risks and adaptation challenges. Building on the first European Climate Risk Assessment published in 2024, it will provide an updated assessment of major climate risks facing Europe, analyse adaptation options and policy readiness, and identify priorities for action to strengthen climate resilience across the EU.

The Thematic Expert Groups will bring together specialists from science, policy, practice and civil society to contribute knowledge, evidence and perspectives throughout the assessment process.

Members of the Thematic Expert Groups will play a unique role as knowledge co-producers. They will help shape the questions, evidence base, interpretation of findings and priorities for action that underpin EUCRA-2, ensuring that the assessment reflects the latest scientific knowledge, policy developments and practical experience from across Europe.

🔎 For more information and how to apply:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/about/who-we-are/projects-and-cooperation-agreements/european-climate-risk-assessment/call-for-interest-community-of-stakeholders

Now we can follow the journey of water from space 🛰️ , tracing its entire cycle from sea to sky, to land and back again....
21/10/2026

Now we can follow the journey of water from space 🛰️ , tracing its entire cycle from sea to sky, to land and back again.

At the EEA, we provide satellite-based data focused on land through the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service. But land is just one part of the bigger picture…

Copernicus EU, the Earth Observation component of the European Union's Space Programme, also provides valuable data on our climate, oceans, atmosphere and extreme events.

While these different types of data are often used in isolation, bringing them together can give us a more comprehensive understanding of our planet and support better-informed decisions to keep it healthy. 🌍 💚

Using water 💧 as an example, we have joined forces with other Copernicus services to create an interactive story map, The Odyssey of Water – focusing on the Mediterranean.

The story map illustrates how each service contributes a different piece of the puzzle 🧩 , showing how combining various datasets can help us gain a more complete understanding of water and its journey around planet Earth.

Check it out here: https://eu-space.europa.eu/earth-observation/copernicus/odyssey-water

A joint effort involving EU Space, Copernicus Marine Service, Copernicus ECMWF (climate and atmosphere), Copernicus Emergency Management Service, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service

Our new report finds that Europe can strengthen its industrial competitiveness while cutting climate and environmental p...
20/10/2026

Our new report finds that Europe can strengthen its industrial competitiveness while cutting climate and environmental pressures, provided progress accelerates.

Over the past 15 years, EU policy has helped bring industrial pollutant emissions down markedly, and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen even as economic activity grew. Yet the easier wins have now been made. In cement and in iron and steel, emissions per tonne of product have improved only moderately since 2010.

🏭 According to the report, technology is no longer the main barrier. What holds back Europe’s clean industrial transformation is system readiness:

a EUR 30–60 billion annual funding gap for industrial transformation by 2030
slow development of electricity, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage infrastructure
insecure access to transition materials and weaknesses in technical skills

⚡ Electrification, supported by low-cost renewable electricity, offers a key pathway to strengthen both energy security and competitiveness.

A clean industrial policy that shields industry through the transition, scales up markets and investment, and restructures the industrial model can help align Europe’s competitiveness with its climate and environmental ambitions.

🔗 Read ‘Europe’s industrial transformation — from environmental progress to clean competitiveness’: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/europes-industrial-transformation

🌍 From biodiversity commitments to delivery. starts today. As gets underway in Yerevan today, attention is turning ...
19/10/2026

🌍 From biodiversity commitments to delivery. starts today.

As gets underway in Yerevan today, attention is turning to a crucial question: are we making enough progress towards the global targets agreed under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework?

This year’s Global Review is the first test of the new system for tracking implementation, with the EU calling for faster action across all 23 global biodiversity targets.

The European Environment Agency is at COP17 to contribute European knowledge and evidence to that effort. Our work in Yerevan will highlight how better biodiversity knowledge and monitoring, more sustainable consumption and effective implementation can help translate global commitments into measurable progress.

Because protecting and restoring nature is also about strengthening our economies, health and climate resilience.

Follow our contributions from

16/10/2026

The potential is enormous…

Shifting to a circular economy can have huge benefits for companies and business alike.

But as our circular economy, consumption and production expert Lars Fogh Mortensen says – while we do have some good examples - as highlighted in our latest 🎙️ 🍃 ‘Europe’s Climate and Environment’ podcast episode - we do not yet have widespread scaling of circular business models in Europe. “If you look at the circular economy sectors in, in the whole economy, its only about less than 2 percent,” Lars says.

But the potential is there, if the right conditions and policies are put in place to tackle the hurdles facing businesses. And that is something the EU is working on.

🎧 Find out more in our latest episode 'Looping large: how can we scale circular businesses in Europe' available now wherever you get your podcasts!

Available via the links below or via our EEA YouTube channel.

Podbean: https://europesclimateandenvironment.podbean.com/

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/europes-climate-and-environment/id1842852275

Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/en-co/podcasts/66a6f9b2-158f-4547-a4db-fd14545a22b8/europe%E2%80%99s-climate-and-environment-audio-podcast

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2lFH3AbgLS8mrTn449fM3K

EEA YouTube https://youtu.be/_RClkRD0rF8

🌍 Better biodiversity knowledge can help drive better action. At hashtag , the EEA and the Council of Europe and the Env...
16/10/2026

🌍 Better biodiversity knowledge can help drive better action.

At hashtag , the EEA and the Council of Europe and the Environment are joining forces to discuss how pan-European data and knowledge can support implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Join us for the official COP17 side event Pan-European Biodiversity Knowledge for Global Biodiversity Framework Action.

The event will explore:

🌿 Conservation successes and challenges across Europe
📈 Recent data on status and trends of species and habitats
🤝 How collaboration, shared methodologies and comparable data can support more effective biodiversity conservation.

📅 20 October | 18:15
📍 Talin - Side-event Room 1, Yerevan, Armenia

👉 https://www.cbd.int/side-events/7597

🌿 EEA at C*D : from biodiversity knowledge to actionFrom 19 to 30 October, the European Environment Agency will take pa...
15/10/2026

🌿 EEA at C*D : from biodiversity knowledge to action

From 19 to 30 October, the European Environment Agency will take part in the UN Biodiversity Conference (C*D COP17) in Yerevan, Armenia, where countries will carry out the first global review of progress under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

EEA experts will contribute European environmental data and assessments to the discussions, supporting the EU negotiating team and working with partners on how biodiversity commitments can be put into practice.

Our events will focus on three themes:
🔎 Biodiversity knowledge
♻️ Sustainable consumption
🌱 Nature restoration

Over the coming weeks, we will share more from our experts, events and partnerships in Yerevan.

Follow the event: https://cop17yerevan.am/en/about-cop17

We are getting closer! It is almost time for our webinar on Europe's industrial transformation! 🏗️ 🏭 You can still sign ...
14/10/2026

We are getting closer! It is almost time for our webinar on Europe's industrial transformation! 🏗️ 🏭

You can still sign up to learn where progress towards a cleaner and more circular European industry is most evident, and where gaps remain.

Speakers:
🗣️ Shanar Tabrizi, EEA expert on industrial transformation, EEA
🗣️ Nikos Nikolakakos, Environment & Resources Manager, Cement Europe
🗣️ Stefan Lechtenböhmer, University of Kassel, Member of the EEA Scientific Committee
🗣️ Daniel Montalvo Head of Unit, Circular economy and clean Industry, EEA

Date: 20 October at 11:00 - 12:00 CEST.

Sign up and join the discussion: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/events/webinar-industrial-transformation-in-europe

How can sustainability make Europe competitive in 2040? 🌍 Geopolitical shifts, technological disruption and growing clim...
13/10/2026

How can sustainability make Europe competitive in 2040? 🌍

Geopolitical shifts, technological disruption and growing climate and environmental risks make the coming decades deeply uncertain. Our new report, Competitive by nature, does not try to predict a single future. Instead, it explores five contrasting scenarios for Europe in 2040, from AI-enabled governance to a China-led world.

Developed with policymakers and experts from EU institutions, research organisations, academia and think tanks, the report identifies six "no-regret" options that could strengthen Europe's competitiveness across a range of possible futures:

🔄 scaling up the circular economy and resource efficiency
🌳 investing in climate adaptation, nature-based solutions and resilient infrastructure
💻 strengthening European capabilities in computing, AI and biotechnology
🎓 investing in skills and lifelong learning
🤝 supporting social cohesion, public trust and effective regulation
🌐 keeping the EU active in global standard-setting on sustainability

These options are not cost-free solutions or fixed policy packages. Their contribution will depend on how they are designed, combined and implemented.

The report finds that competitiveness based on resource depletion or environmental degradation may deliver short-term gains, but it weakens the resilience and productive capacity Europe will need over the long term.

Being competitive by nature means creating economic value while maintaining and regenerating the natural and social capital on which future prosperity depends.

📘 Read the report: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/news/building-sustainable-competitiveness-in-an-uncertain-future

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