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EEA infographics provide visual presentations of the issues affecting Europe’s environment. They highlight factors contributing to environmental change as well as the impacts of environmental degradation.
Where does marine litter come from?
Nearly 40 percent of plastic demand comes from the production of plastic packaging
Total amounts of generated PPSI (plastic packaging and small non-packaging plastic items) waste (million tonnes) that is managed (light orange) and mismanaged (dark orange) in overall EEA-32 countries and United Kingdom, in 2012 and 2018
Europe currently demands around 20 million tonnes of plastic for packaging
What are some of the ways everyone can save energy
What are the sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU?
What are the EU’s climate targets for 2030?
EU energy mix
What are the emission costs of different modes of transport?
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport in the EU
Electricity from renewable sources
Schematic illustration for calculating the value of meff, measuring landscape fragmentation
Europe's natura 2000 sites
State of nature in Europe: Habitats
Conservation status and short-term trends in bird populations
What are ecosystem services?
State of nature in the EU
What are the main pressures on Europe's nature?
State of nature in Europe: Other species
Environmental impacts
Marine-litter watch
Sources and pathways of plastics in the environment
Scope of different pathways towards a more sustainable plastic system
Emissions to air and water from an oil platform
The breakdown of a plastic bottle into smaller fragments, eventually ending up as micro- and nano-plastics
Shale gas extraction through hydraulic fracturing
EU-28 exports of plastics, 2015-2019, tonnes per month
EU-28 plastic waste exports, 2002-2018
Challenges in shifting from a linear towards a circular plastics system
Seven common types of plastics, with symbols and applications
Schematic representation of limits of circularity in the EU-27, 2019
The future of monitoring pollution?
Noise pollution
Plastic pollution
Pollution and other impacts of agriculture on the environment
Effects of PFAS on human health
What is pollution?
The unknown territory of chemical risks
State of water in Europe
Air quality problems in Europe’s cities
The constituents of marine natural capital in a socio‑economic context
Marine messages II classification of EU coastal and maritime activities
Marine ecosystem services and examples of their benefits for people
The constituents of marine natural capital
Living well within planetary limits - bridging the gap between science and policy
Examples of circular actions that improve the management of construction and demolition waste
Soil and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Status of the nine planetary boundaries
Potential tipping elements and cascades according to estimated thresholds in global average surface temperature
Food system desired outcomes
Ecosystems and production-consumption systems
Circular economy system diagram
Point and diffuse sources of emissions and the exposure routes for humans and the environment
Overview of major pathways of indirect climate change impacts for Europe
Clusters of drivers of change
State of the environment reporting in Europe 2 of 3
Visualising SDG interactions
The unknown territory of chemical risks
State of the environment reporting in Europe 3 of 3
State of the environment reporting in Europe 1 of 3
Extra-EU-28 plastic waste trade by receiving country
Batteries
e-waste
Plastic waste
Textile waste
Soil, land and climate change
Nature's nutrient cycle
Towards sustainable management of land and soil
State of play
Impact of mercury on European water quality
Trend in EU mercury emissions to air 1990 2016
Examples of individual actions to minimise exposure to and release of mercury
Examples of food safety advice on fish consumption from EU Member States
Objective and focus areas of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
E-PRTR data on emissions to water from large industrial activities
Mercury's human uptake potential and relevant impacts
Global mercury emissions to air in 2010, by region, distinguishing between small-scale gold mining and other sources
Global mercury releases to air in 2010, by main source
Estimates of mercury consumption in the EU for 2007, 2015, 2021
Main global potential sources of mercury emissions
DEMOCOPHES study - Mercury levels in hair of mothers as a percentage of the Europe-wide average
Global mine production of mercury from 1900 to 2016
Mercury consumption by region and activity, 2015
Impact of mercury on European water quality
Mercury concentration range in fish caught in the western Mediterranean
Bioaccumulation of mercury within species and biomagnification in the food web
Origin of mercury deposited in Sweden in 2014
The global mercury cycle
Water governance
Water use at home
Climate change impacts in Europe's regions
Collecting marine litter and data
What is the state of Europe’s water bodies?
Water use in Europe
Water cycle — Main issues affecting water quality and quantity
Actors in the food chain
EU animal feed imports and land dependency
Food system outcomes
Phosphorus and nitrogen flows and the EU food system
Food system outcomes
Bathing water quality in Europe
EU urban population exposed to harmful levels of air pollutants in 2012 -2014
Fuel types and GHG emissions
Vehicle emissions and efficiency
Air pollution exposure in cities
Noise pollution in Europe
EU targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Temperature inversion traps pollution at ground level
Different types of emissions from vehicles
Comparison of NOx emission standards for different Euro classes
Flexibilities in the NEDC test approval procedure
Air pollution: from emissions to exposure
Circular economy
Soil and climate change
Mitigating climate change
Climate change and the seas
Europe's climate is changing
Climate change and agriculture
Are we ready for climate change?
What are the sources and impacts of marine litter?
How can we reduce and make better use of waste?
How much of our municipal waste do we recycle?
Europe’s waste streams
What are the sources of food waste in Europe?
How does the food we buy, eat and don’t eat impact the environment?
How are the environment and our well-being and health connected?
How can we make our economy circular and resource efficient?
Many Europeans are exposed to harmful levels of air pollution
Reducing environmental impacts of transport
Damage costs by country
Damage costs by pollutant
Most harmful facilities
Total damage costs in 2012
Damage costs by industrial sector
Transport in cities
Why should we avoid sending waste to landfills?
Many factors contribute to air pollution concentration levels
Why should we care about air pollution?

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