Highlights

Independent evaluation commends EEA impact and efficiency

Iben Stanhardt — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:00:00 +0200

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has been given overall good marks in an independent evaluation of its work, which has concluded that the European body is a well-functioning and effective organisation.

Eye on Earth First User Conference: A real eye opener

Arthur Girling — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:15:00 +0100

The city of Dublin was the setting for the first Eye on Earth User Conference, organised by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in association with the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

How to measure environmental pressures from production and consumption?

Arthur Girling — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:30:00 +0100

The consumption and production of goods and services is currently unsustainable in Europe, with ‘decoupling’ of environmental pressures from economic growth insufficient to date. A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) describes methods for quantifying environmental pressures caused by European consumption patterns and economic production sectors. These methods can help target decoupling actions.

The cost of ignoring the warning signs - EEA publishes ‘Late Lessons from Early Warnings, volume II’

Arthur Girling — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:05:00 +0100

New technologies have sometimes had very harmful effects, but in many cases the early warning signs have been suppressed or ignored. The second volume of Late Lessons from Early Warnings investigates specific cases where danger signals have gone unheeded, in some cases leading to deaths, illness and environmental destruction.

EEA reviews new findings from 2012, the Year of Water

Arthur Girling — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:55:00 +0100

Europe needs to work harder to protect its water resources from increasing pressures. This was one of the messages that emerged during 2012, ‘European Year of Water’. The European Environment Agency (EEA) also presented important findings in many other areas, including air, climate, biodiversity and chemicals.

EEA land cover data to be used in mobile phone maps

Arthur Girling — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:00:00 +0100

Data on land use provided by the European Environment Agency (EEA) is soon to be included in electronic maps used for navigation in mobile phones and other devices.

Capture the invisible for the EEA photo story competition

Arthur Girling — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0200

The air we breathe may not be the most photogenic subject, but depicting an odourless, colourless gas is the challenge set out by ImaginAIR, a new competition created by the European Environment Agency (EEA) which invites participants to tell a story about Europe's air in three pictures.

EEA seeks five new members of its Scientific Committee

Arthur Girling — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:00:00 +0200

The European Environment Agency (EEA) is looking for scientists interested in becoming members of its Scientific Committee. The Scientific Committee supports the EEA by providing independent opinions on the Agency's work programmes, recruitment of scientific staff, and scientific questions from the Management Board or Executive Director.

Deputy Director Gordon McInnes retires after 20 years at the EEA

Arthur Girling — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:30:00 +0200

Gordon McInnes retired from the European Environment Agency (EEA) yesterday. He has worked at the EEA and its predecessor, the Commission’s Task Force, since 1992.

Sahara dust, sea spray and fires contribute to bad air quality

Arthur Girling — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0200

Human activities are the main cause of poor air quality, but natural sources of air pollution also play a role. A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) considers how particulate matter from these natural sources affects the air we breathe.

Copenhagen beats Bristol and Frankfurt to win European Green Capital 2014

Arthur Girling — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0200

The city of Copenhagen in Denmark has won the European Green Capital Award for 2014, fending off strong competition from two other finalists, Bristol in England and Frankfurt in Germany. Fourteen cities entered the competition, of which three finalist cities presented their vision, action plans and communication strategies to the jury earlier this month.

What money can't buy - UN discusses happiness as a measure of progress

Arthur Girling — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:00 +0200

The world needs to move away from measuring success in purely economic terms, and should instead consider other criteria, including distribution of resources, sustainability, health, human rights and education. These were the discussions in a landmark meeting of the United Nations (UN), calling for new measurements of wellbeing beyond GDP in the run up to the Rio sustainability summit in June.

Vacancy notice now published for EEA Executive Director - to take office June 2013

Arthur Girling — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:45:00 +0100

The EEA has a key role in providing the knowledge base to help the European Commission, European Parliament, EU Member States and other EEA member and cooperating countries to make informed decisions and policies about improving the environment and integrating environmental considerations into economic activities, so as to develop Europe along a sustainable, low-carbon and resource-efficient path.

Economic growth must be decoupled from environmental harm – the EEA evaluates findings from 2011

Arthur Girling — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0100

Europe’s impact on the environment is still very much linked to the economy. This message was clear in many of the reports and datasets published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in 2011, as analysts were able to clearly see a decrease in various emissions and types of environmental damage during the 2009 recession.

Global initiative for sharing information takes off at Eye on Earth Summit

Arthur Girling — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:10:00 +0100

At the Eye on Earth summit in Abu Dhabi this week, many different global and national organisations committed to contributing large volumes of environmental data to the new Eye on Earth global public information service developed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and partners.