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Hans Bruyninckx selected as new EEA Executive Director to take office 1 June 2013

Belgian Professor Hans Bruyninckx has been selected by the EEA Management Board as the EEA Executive Director to take office from 1 June 2013. A formal offer of appointment will be made after all procedures have been finalised. More information

Professor Jacqueline McGlade, the EEA Executive Director, will be in office until 31 May 2013.

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Title	Description	Effective Date	Item Type
Radiation risk from everyday devices assessed	A new report raising concerns about the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) on human health calls for tougher safety standards to regulate radiation from mo...	2007-09-17T15:23:17+02:00	Highlight
St Andrews Prize for the Environment 2008 still open to entrants	The St Andrews Prize for the Environment is still accepting applications for its 2008 annual prize worth $ 50 000. The prize, which is one of the biggest envi...	2007-09-12T11:30:00+02:00	Highlight
European Commission's DG Environment is looking for high-quality candidates	The European Commission's Environment department is looking to identify high-quality candidates from the new EU Member States to work on a range of environmenta...	2007-08-29T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Agency's new eco-management ideas appreciated	The European Environment Agency has successfully passed the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme for the third consecutive year. The EEA was the first EU body to gai...	2007-08-22T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA takes on the ‘Siku Extreme Arctic Challenge’	Two EEA teams have travelled to Greenland to participate in the gruelling Siku Extreme Arctic Challenge (SEAC) . Over five days, they will cover more than 250 ...	2007-07-24T09:45:00+02:00	Highlight
Planning to tackle climate change	'While the worst effects of climate change may not hit Europe for many years we must prepare now. Climate change will have profound effects on our natural resou...	2007-07-02T13:30:00+02:00	Highlight
EU greenhouse gas emissions decrease in 2005	Emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases (GHG) decreased between 2004 and 2005, according to the annual GHG inventory report of the European Community pre...	2007-06-15T14:45:00+01:00	Press Release
Back to the future at Green Week 2007	What will Europe’s society and environment look like some thirty years from now? The PRELUDE project, which attempts to go far beyond the perspective of two l...	2007-06-12T09:30:00+02:00	Highlight
European Topic Centre for Land Use and Spatial Information opens in Barcelona	The new European Topic Centre for Land Use and Spatial Information (ETC/LUSI) was inaugurated today at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. The European Environme...	2007-06-07T16:30:00+02:00	Highlight
Better public information in European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER)	A clearer picture of the air and water pollution coming out of Europe's industrial installations is now available to the public due to improved and more complet...	2007-06-07T14:15:00+02:00	Highlight
Europeans hit by melting snow and ice	The United Nations Environment Programme's global outlook for ice and snow report, released today, shows how Europeans will be hit by a reduction in ice and sno...	2007-06-04T09:30:00+02:00	Highlight
European environmental technology atlas launched	A web-based navigation tool, the environmental technology atlas, was presented today during the EU informal council meeting in Essen, Germany.	2007-06-02T12:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Get WISE about clean bathing water	Use WISE (Water Information System for Europe) - a European Commission/European Environment Agency interactive internet tool - to check how clean bathing water ...	2007-05-31T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Europe's nature changing rapidly due to climate change	Europe's biodiversity is already responding to climate change. 'Many species are already on the move, expanding northwards as temperatures rise,' says Prof. Ja...	2007-05-22T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Climate change the main environmental concern of European youth	More environmental education, alternative sources of energy and stricter transportation laws are some of the proposals put forth by Europe's next generations of...	2007-05-09T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EU greenhouse gas emissions drop in 2005	Emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases (GHG) decreased between 2004 and 2005, according to preliminary data from a forthcoming EEA report. The report, '...	2007-05-07T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Action now on climate change makes economic sense	The latest IPCC report on climate change estimates that there are only two decades to implement effective greenhouse gas reduction measures to control and limit...	2007-05-04T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Asia and Europe — cooperating on climate change	Closer, more effective cooperation in tackling global climate change will be one of the topics under discussion today as the EEA hosts a panel discussion amongs...	2007-04-23T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA offsets emissions by funding 'Gold Standard' carbon projects	Setting a trend in the way organisations deal with their carbon footprints, the European Environment Agency has introduced its own carbon offsetting scheme. The...	2007-04-19T09:25:00+02:00	Highlight
IPCC report — climate change impacts are a fact of life	Europe must take the lead in adapting to the impacts of climate change according to Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the EEA. Speaking after ...	2007-04-06T12:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Celebrating Europe and its environment	This year not only marks the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, but also 35 years of European Union environmental policy. The European Environment Agency c...	2007-03-23T15:25:00+02:00	Highlight
New water information system for Europe (WISE) unveiled	WISE (Water Information System for Europe) — a new interactive Internet tool that informs Europe’s citizens about water quality and EU water policy — was ...	2007-03-22T10:30:00+02:00	Highlight
Green tax reform can boost eco-innovation and employment	A gradual shift of today’s taxes away from personal income and capital towards taxes on consumption, pollution, and inefficient use of energy and resources ca...	2007-03-19T10:30:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA takes first step in measuring European transport subsidies	Subsides worth between EUR 270 to 290 billion a year are estimated to go into European transport, according to a preliminary report released by the European Env...	2007-03-19T10:30:00+02:00	Highlight
Southern Europe hit by dangerous ozone levels in 2006	Summer ozone levels exceeded the EU’s long-term target level in 2006, threatening the health of Europeans, according to a report released today by the Europea...	2007-03-15T10:30:00+02:00	Highlight
CIFAS: Good farming leads to a better environment	Developing farm advisory services to help farmers protect the environment is a key purpose of the CIFAS project, the results of which will be discussed at a sem...	2007-03-08T10:30:00+02:00	Highlight
Implementation of Emissions Trading Scheme still not fully aligned	Further alignment of operating procedures of the Emissions Trading Scheme is still possible, according to a report released by the European Environment Agency t...	2007-02-26T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Transport - bottom of the Kyoto class again	Greenhouse gas emissions from transport remain a key, but avoidable, obstacle to the EU reaching its Kyoto climate change targets, according to a new European E...	2007-02-26T09:00:00+01:00	Press Release
EEA fuels debate on adapting water policies to climate change	Climate change needs to be mainstreamed into water quality, water availability and flooding policies and strategies, according to a new EEA report. The report '...	2007-02-13T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Proof of climate change 'unequivocal'	A new UN report, written by a panel of senior scientists from around the world, says that the proof of climate change is 'unequivocal'. The report, 'Climate Cha...	2007-02-02T16:20:00+02:00	Highlight
Pressure increases on Arctic environment	'The Arctic region provides the industrialised world with an opportunity to turn rhetoric into practice in terms of sustainable development, resource sharing an...	2007-01-25T17:55:00+02:00	Highlight
The European Community submits its initial report under the Kyoto Protocol	'The European Community's initial report under the Kyoto Protocol', a new EEA report, sets the maximum amount of greenhouse gases the EU-15 can emit between 200...	2006-12-19T13:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA workshop leads to new international activities on land and ecosystem accounting	Improving decision-making for sustainability by forging closer links between economists and environmentalists was the objective of an international workshop hel...	2006-12-01T17:00:00+02:00	Highlight
PRELUDE - interactive land use scenarios - officially launched	PRELUDE, an EEA scenarios study that explores future European landscapes, has been officially launched in Brussels and on the EEA website.	2006-11-29T13:30:00+02:00	Highlight
Urban sprawl - Europe’s ignored environmental challenge	EU policy required to guide effective urban planning.	2006-11-24T09:00:00+01:00	Press Release
Updated European Pollutant Emission Register launched	EPER, a register of 50 air and water pollutants' emissions produced by large and medium-sized industrial facilities in all EU Member States and Norway, was orig...	2006-11-23T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA reaches European environmental management award finals	The European Environment Agency was pipped at the post for the 2006 European EMAS Award in Athens on 13 November. The Agency qualified for the European finals c...	2006-11-16T14:52:44+02:00	Highlight
Proposed new classifying tools capture condition of Europe’s forests	European forest types, a new scheme for classifying Europe’s forests, is presented today in a report by the European Environment Agency. The scheme offers 14 ...	2006-11-10T01:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA welcomes the Stern review	The Stern review, a UK government report, suggests that the cost of climate change will be enormous if we do not take strong global action now to reduce greenho...	2006-11-01T14:56:07+02:00	Highlight
EU must take immediate action on Kyoto targets	All Member States must seriously tackle greenhouse gas emissions immediately, if the EU-15 is to meet its collective Kyoto target, a new European Environment Ag...	2006-10-27T08:00:00+01:00	Press Release
EEA member countries delivering more environmental data	Latvia and Austria topped the list for delivering environmental data to the European Environment Agency (EEA), followed by Sweden, Bulgaria and Slovakia, accord...	2006-10-23T15:20:00+02:00	Highlight
Friends at the gates - Major success for EEA open house event.	Nearly a thousand Copenhageners visited the European Environment Agency when we stayed open to the public all evening during Copenhagen Culture night on the 13t...	2006-10-20T11:12:12+02:00	Highlight
Sulphur and nitrogen emissions continue to fall in EU-15	Emissions of nitrogen oxides are down by 30% since the early 1990’s, according to a report released today by the European Environment Agency. The report, ‘A...	2006-10-13T12:20:37+02:00	Highlight
Get an energy boost at the EEA during Kulturnatten	Energy is the main theme as the EEA takes part in ‘Culture night’ (Kulturnatten) for the first time on Friday 13 October.	2006-10-10T11:35:00+02:00	Highlight
PRELUDE picks up a fourth award	PRELUDE, an audio and video animated tool developed by the European Environment Agency, has won a Clarion Award - the fourth award for the project this year.	2006-09-30T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Europe’s land cover on DVD	The Corine Land Cover 2000 (CLC 2000) database, which offers borderless information on land cover and land cover changes over the past decade, is now out on DVD...	2006-09-27T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Car Free Friday	Today is European ‘Car Free Day’. In over a thousand towns and cities across the continent, people will be going about their business without their cars. ...	2006-09-22T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
The road from Dobříš to Belgrade	This September the EEA celebrates the 11th anniversary of the publication of 'The Dobříš Assessment', the first Pan-European report on the state of the envir...	2006-09-13T09:36:56+02:00	Highlight
'An Inconvenient Truth' - EEA film review	"Al Gore's film 'An Inconvenient Truth' is remarkable in its simplicity and clarity of messages," says an EEA climate change expert lucky enough to get a sneak ...	2006-09-08T12:00:00+02:00	Highlight
The inconvenient truth and you	This week, as Al Gore and his blockbuster documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, arrive in Europe, climate change is again making waves around the world. The...	2006-09-05T00:00:00+02:00	Highlight
New-look EEA website improves accessibility	Today the European Environment Agency unveils a new-look website offering users better functionality and improved accessibility.	2006-09-04T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Kids can come and learn about environment	This summer the EEA Information Centre has been giving environmental talks to groups of schoolchildren visiting the "Spirit of the wild" photo exhibition on Kon...	2006-08-18T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Algal blooms disrupt holidaymakers across Europe	A nasty surprise has met many Europeans reaching their holiday destinations on the coasts of Italy, Scotland, Sweden and Denmark this summer...	2006-08-17T09:05:00+02:00	Highlight
Swarming jellyfish dampening the holiday spirit	Jellyfish are swarming on to Europe’s beaches this summer to the despair of holidaymakers. The Mediterranean, in particular, is being hardest hit with huge sw...	2006-08-17T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA meets its challenges	The annual report points out how the scope and format of "The European Environment - State and Outlook 2005" was changed considerably along the way, and how the...	2006-08-10T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Agency passes eco-management test with flying colours	The European Environment Agency has successfully passed the EU's Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) for the second consecutive year. The annual external aud...	2006-08-01T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
New web-based air pollution monitoring system	Ozone Web, a new internet tool, released in Copenhagen today by the European Environment Agency (EEA), offers users the opportunity to monitor and track ground ...	2006-07-18T08:00:00+01:00	Press Release
Find out the level of ozone pollution in Europe	Ozone Web, a new internet tool, released by the EEA today, offers users the opportunity to monitor and track ground level ozone incidents on a pan-European scal...	2006-07-18T07:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Europe's coastline approaches environmental 'point of no return'	Europe's unique coastal environment is under increasing threat from its own popularity, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), re...	2006-07-03T10:00:00+01:00	Press Release
Paper and cardboard waste - how to deal with it?	The initial goal of the report "Paper and cardboard recovery or disposal" is to find out if studies that pass a quality test reach the same conclusion. The s...	2006-06-30T11:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Corine land cover database passes accuracy test	The Corine Land Cover (CLC2000) database received a thumbs up for accuracy from an assessment of the project, details of which were released by the EEA today.	2006-06-27T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Europe's energy policies must be environmentally sound	Europe requires an integrated policy framework balancing the goals of energy security and competitiveness with environment policy, says a new report released to...	2006-06-27T08:00:00+01:00	Press Release
EU greenhouse gas emissions increase for second year in a row	Emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases (GHG) from the EU-25 increased by 18 million tonnes (0.4 %) between 2003 and 2004. Emissions from the EU-15 incre...	2006-06-22T08:00:00+01:00	Press Release
Summer ozone levels remain dangerously high over the Mediterranean	Summer ozone levels continue to exceed EU safe levels, threatening health across Europe, according to a report released today by the EEA. Although not as high a...	2006-06-16T16:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Bioenergy - Fuelling Europe's future?	Europe can produce sufficient bioenergy to meet its renewable energy target without harming the environment. However, this requires an appropriate policy framew...	2006-06-08T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA leaders visit Switzerland	The Chairman of the EEA Management board Lars Erik Liljelund and the Agency's Executive Director Prof Jacqueline McGlade met with Swiss authorities on 8 June to...	2006-06-08T08:59:59+02:00	Highlight
Climate change awareness campaign: The Finnish start	The European Commission's climate campaign 'Contribute to limiting climate change' is now rolling in country after country. On 5 June, which is also the UN Envi...	2006-06-05T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Europe's biodiversity under pressure	'Changing our behaviour - biodiversity loss' is the theme of Green Week 2006, and the event runs from 30 May to 2 June. The EEA exhibition team and experts will...	2006-05-30T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EEA opens its doors to UN's Environment Watch proposal	Today, the EEA will play host to the first global expert meeting for the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) proposed global information network syste...	2006-05-22T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Agency feeds debate on quality of life in European cities	As a result of Europe's growing urban population, urban spread and the quality of life in cities are becoming major problems. The EEA background paper, 'The urb...	2006-05-22T00:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Information out in the open	A new outdoor photo exhibition with an environmental focus and titled "Spirit of the wild" opens on one of the main squares in downtown Copenhagen on 16 May (h...	2006-05-17T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Plan B: Rethinking the future	Lester Brown, environmental thinker, visionary, author and activist spoke to the Scientific Committee and staff of the EEA recently. The subject was his latest ...	2006-05-17T00:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Tackling climate change delivers better air quality for Europe	Tackling climate change will improve Europe's air quality, cut premature deaths and could save 12 billion EUR annually in air pollution control costs by 2030, a...	2006-05-11T16:00:00+02:00	Highlight
High-flying plans in Graz	The work to improve European environmental monitoring took another step forward with a symposium on Global Monitoring for Environment and Security, GMES, held i...	2006-04-21T00:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Member States put Emissions Trading Scheme into practice	Member States are looking to improve and harmonise ways of running the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to a report released today by the EEA. The repo...	2006-04-05T12:00:00+02:00	Highlight
The latest success of an early report	Danish television (DR1 & DR2) is currently broadcasting a documentary series on the environment inspired by the EEA report , 'Late lessons from early warnings'....	2006-03-30T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Transport growth - an environmental dilemma for Europe	Polluting emissions from transport continue to impact on health and undermine progress towards Kyoto targets, says a new report from the European Environment Ag...	2006-03-27T23:01:00+01:00	Press Release
Gold and Silver for EEA's PRELUDE Project	PRELUDE, an interactive tool developed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) showing how land use could change in the next 30 years, has won two prizes at th...	2006-03-25T03:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Air pollution from traffic is still a pressing problem for European cities	Human exposure to increased pollutant concentrations in densely populated urban areas is high. Air quality limit values, which are aimed at protecting public he...	2006-03-23T15:00:00+02:00	Highlight
CAP needs to be more targeted for better environmental effectiveness	Environmental efforts pursued through the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) need to be better targeted geographically to maximise their effectiveness according to...	2006-03-21T14:00:00+01:00	Press Release
European early warning systems would help against natural disasters	Alert systems would warn Europe against natural disasters and help minimise their effects. This was the message Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the Eu...	2006-03-20T15:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Thirty-one becomes thirty-two	Switzerland joins the European Environment Agency as full member from 1 April, thus becoming the Agencys thirty-second member country. This decision was concl...	2006-03-01T15:15:00+02:00	Highlight
Market-based instruments spreading across Europe	Market based instruments (MBIs), such as environment taxes and emission trading schemes, are increasingly being used to implement environmental policy across Eu...	2006-01-26T11:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Award winning glimpse into the future	'Ecosystems and Well-Being: Scenarios' a new report, will be released in Washington today. A sub-report of the Millennium Assessment (MA), it looks at potential...	2006-01-19T11:30:00+02:00	Highlight
IRENA's insight into agriculture	The IRENA indicator report on agriculture and the environment was released today.	2005-12-22T13:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Bleak future forecast for the Mediterranean... and Europe	Tourism and urbanisation put serious pressures on the Mediterranean's fragile coastal regions.	2005-12-14T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
New European Community biodiversity portal launched	A new, enhanced version of the European Community's Biodiversity Portal - the Clearing House Mechanism (EC-CHM) was launched today in Tallinn, Estonia. The Port...	2005-12-14T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Europe needs to adapt to climate change	Climate change is happening, and will affect all aspects of European life.	2005-12-07T18:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EU looks to fill the gap to its target by using Kyoto Mechanisms	If every EU country sticks to its plans to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and uses the Kyoto mechanisms the EU 15 can go beyond its Kyoto targets, says a ...	2005-12-01T08:59:00+01:00	Press Release
Successful launch of the report in Brussels.	"Environment policy works", EEA executive director Jacqueline McGlade stated boldly when presenting "The European environment - State and outlook 2005" at the l...	2005-11-29T15:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Europe feels the heat as climate change tops the list of environmental challenges	Policy makers, businesses and individuals must act now on a range of environmental matters or pay a heavy price later	2005-11-29T09:00:00+01:00	Press Release
State and outlook 2005 - Country analysis	Find out how your country performs.	2005-11-29T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Launch of the European Environment - State and Outlook 2005	Programme for launch of the European Environment - State and Outlook 2005	2005-11-29T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
The European environment - State and outlook 2005		2005-11-29T10:00:00+02:00	Highlight
The Ecological Footprint: A resource accounting framework for measuring human demand on the biosphere	The 2005 Edition of the 'National Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts' are now available.	2005-11-23T15:00:00+02:00	Highlight
EPA network calls for greater environmental regulation	Good environmental regulation in Europe can support a clean, competitive economy and a healthy environment in which to work and live, according to the Environme...	2005-11-17T11:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Environmental laws must be enforced to protect Mediterranean region	The environmental state of the Mediterranean Sea region will not improve until there is the political will to enforce current and future environment legislation...	2005-11-08T09:30:00+01:00	Press Release
Bioenergy future doesn't cost the earth	Energy potential from biomass big enough to support renewable energy targets	2005-10-18T09:00:00+02:00	Highlight
Tackling wastewater pollution at source cheaper than cleaning up	Policies using taxes to cut pollution offer the most cost effective route to reaching EU wastewater targets	2005-10-07T10:00:00+01:00	Press Release
Programme: EEA launch of two pilot studies on policy effectiveness	Event programme	2005-10-07T11:00:00+02:00	Highlight