http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 11 to 25. http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/europe/water-resources-quantity-and-flows/key-messages/water-resources-quantity-and-flows-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Over the past ten years Europe has suffered more than 175 major floods, causing deaths, the displacement of people and large economic losses. Climate change is projected to increase the intensity and frequency of floods. No publisher jaeglmar climate change SOER2010 water resources floods flood 2010-11-28T19:40:00+02:00 SOER Message http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/europe/water-resources-quantity-and-flows?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Europe's freshwaters are affected by water scarcity, droughts, floods and physical modifications. Many water bodies are at risk of failing to meet the aim of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) to achieve good status by 2015. Future policies should encourage demand management through actions such as increasing water efficiency. In addition, water management will benefit from applying an ecosystems perspective, using floodplains and groundwater aquifers for storing water, and making room (space) for rivers. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) climate change water supply wetland water engineering project bioenergy crops hydropower agriculture water resources water footprint thematic assessment over-abstraction flood cooling Water Framework Directive renewable energy freshwater ecosystems water quantity policy integration global warming water flow drought tourism land use change SOER2010 water scarcity ecosystem groundwater 2010-11-28T18:40:00+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/water-resources-across-europe?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic This report provides an up-to-date assessment of water resources across Europe. No publisher EEA/Robert Collins This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. water shortage agriculture water scarcity saline intrusion industry alternative water supplies energy production irrigation water supply price of water water water resources sustainability water abstraction global warming climate change desalination drought water exploitation index public water supply 2009-03-17T08:00:00+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/water-management-in-europe-faces?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Water pollution and excessive water use are still harming ecosystems, which are indispensable to Europe’s food, energy, and water supplies. To maintain water ecosystems, farming, planning, energy and transport sectors need to actively engage in managing water within sustainable limits. No publisher girliar ecosystem services green economy climate change water resource efficiency nitrate water pollution flooding 2012-11-26T09:00:00+01:00 Press Release http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/water-limitation-of-crop-primary?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Present and projected water limitation of crop primary production in Europe under rain-fed conditions No publisher Dieter Gerten EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). SOER2010 climate change water thematic assessment adaptation agriculture 2011-01-12T18:42:37+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/water-exploitation-index-wei-4?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic WEI: annual total water abstraction as a percentage of available long-term freshwater resources. No publisher alec EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). SOER2010 natural resources climate change household ecosystem services water water resources thematic assessment waste synthesis 2011-02-24T17:20:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/water-exploitation-index-wei-2?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Better information will help us adapt The Water Exploitation Index (WEI) is a good example of the type of information needed to give an overview of the scale and location of the problems facing us No publisher alec EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). ecosystem services climate change household water water resources signals2009 2009-01-09T17:38:35+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/climate/multimedia/water-and-hydroelectric-power?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Although hydroelectric power stations create power from a reusable resource, there are some concerns about their impact on water. They alter the flow and temperature regimes that destroy fish spawning areas, handicap fish migration, kill fish in turbines and dry out wetlands. They can also capture sediment and nutrients behind dams, which can reduce the fertility of the waters downstream and may also increase erosion of river banks. For instance dams have reduced the sediment carried into Lake Geneva by some 50 %. Climate change could also make many hydroelectric power plants less reliable in future as water availability changes. While some plants in northern Europe could generate more power, hydroelectric dams in Bulgaria, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Ukraine could reduce output by 20-50 % because of declining rainfall. Source: State of the Environment Report No 1/2005 "The European environment - State and outlook 2005" (published 29 Nov 2005) No publisher terletim hydroelectric dam renewable energy climate change energy production hydropower 2006-02-02T00:00:00+01:00 File http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/vulnerable-people-2014-the-elderly?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The map shows the share of elderly people (>= 65 years) within a city (represented by the dot colours) to the total population (represented by dot size). No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). climate change population cities demography urban 2012-05-21T14:10:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/variations-in-topsoil-organic-carbon?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The map shows the percentage of organic carbon content in the surface horizon of soils in Europe. The darker regions correspond to soils with high values of organic carbon. The darkest colours, especially in Estonia, Fennoscandinavia, Ireland and the United Kingdom, denote peatlands. No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Commission (EC). climate change soil land use carbon 2010-12-07T12:50:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/europe/urban-environment/key-messages/urban-environment-2014-message-4?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Despite some improvements, European cities and their inhabitants will still face a number of important challenges in the future. They are highly vulnerable to many impacts of climate change such as heat waves, water scarcity, flooding, and related health problems, and will still need to cope with high transport loads, air quality problems, noise and loss of green areas. No publisher jaeglmar SOER2010 noise air quality green space climate change urban environment transport 2010-11-28T19:40:00+02:00 SOER Message http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/urban-climate-analysis-map-for?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The map shows different climate classifications of the areas in the city of Arnheim No publisher poulsmo1 EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Future Cities - urban networks to face climate change. urban ventilation cities heat wave climate change 2012-05-21T12:45:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/europe/understanding-climate-change?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Average global air and ocean temperatures are rising, leading to the melting of snow and ice and rising global mean sea level. Ocean acidification results from higher CO2 concentrations. With unabated greenhouse gas emissions, climate change could lead to an increasing risk of irreversible shifts in the climate system with potentially serious consequences. Temperature rises of more than 1.5–2 °C above pre-industrial levels are likely to cause major societal and environmental disruptions in many regions. The atmospheric CO2 concentration needs to be stabilised at 350–400 parts per million (ppm) in order to have a 50 % chance of limiting global mean temperature increase to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels (according to the IPCC in 2007, and confirmed by later scientific insights). No publisher Adobe InDesign CS4 (6.0) sea level rise IPCC SOER2010 CO2 ecosystem services glacier climate change arctic sea ice greenhouse gas emission greenhouse gas coral reefs CO2 emissions thematic assessment carbon sink global warming temperature increase understanding climate change acidification COP15 2010-11-28T18:40:00+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/waste/multimedia/turning-waste-into-resources?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic As Europe grows wealthier it creates more and more rubbish. Every man, woman and child in the EU generates over a kilo of waste every day. Multiply that figure by nearly half a billion EU citizens and it quickly becomes clear that managing our waste without harming the environment is a major headache. No publisher ghicaale recycled material packaging waste natural resources waste management climate change household waste recycling consumer good sorting waste landfill landfill directive rubbish electronic waste hazardous substance waste hazardous waste recycling of car methane 2008-04-22T16:29:02+01:00 File http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/trends-in-warm-days-left?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Warm days are defined as being above the 90th percentile of the daily maximum temperature and cool nights as below the 10th percentile of the daily minimum temperature (Alexander et al., 2006). Grid boxes outlined in solid black contain at least three stations and so are likely to be more representative of the grid-box. High confidence in the long-term trend is shown by a black dot. (In the maps above, this is the case for all grid boxes.) Area averaged annual time series of percentage changes and trend lines are shown below each map for one area in northern Europe (green line, 5.6 ° to 16.9 °E and 56.2 ° to 66.2 °N) and one in south-western Europe (purple line, 350.6 ° to 1.9 °E and 36.2 ° to 43.7 °N). No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), UK Met Office. climate change impacts climate change extreme temperatures 2012-11-19T15:30:00+02:00 EEAFigure