{ "items": [ { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "Marine protected areas (MPAs) are geographically distinct zones for which protection objectives are set. They constitute a globally connected system for safeguarding biodiversity and maintaining marine ecosystem health and the supply of ecosystem services.", "language": "en", "title": "Marine protected areas", "created": "2018-10-08T15:04:29Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/europes-seas-and-coasts/assessments/marine-protected-areas", "prod_id": "f2801f1b9fd1", "modified": "2023-02-27T17:46:06Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2018 1.6.2", "label": 0, "published": "2018-10-29T11:35:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "Textiles are fundamental to our society, providing us with clothing, shoes, carpets, curtains, furniture, etc. for homes, offices and public buildings. The textiles industry employs millions of people worldwide, making it among the largest in the world and an important part of Europe\u2019s manufacturing industry. However, textile production and consumption cause significant environmental, climate and social impacts by using resources, water, land and chemicals and emitting greenhouse gases and pollutants. This briefing provides an EU perspective of the environmental and climate pressures from textile production and consumption, and discusses how circular business models and regulation can help move us towards a circular textiles economy.", "language": "en", "title": "Textiles in Europe's circular economy", "created": "2019-11-07T13:31:20Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/textiles-in-europes-circular-economy/textiles-in-europe-s-circular-economy", "prod_id": "SZ6F3CYEIJ", "modified": "2023-02-15T12:03:32Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2019 2.1.2", "label": 1, "published": "2019-11-19T09:00:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "European Union (EU) water policies encourage Member States to implement better water demand management practices. This is a response to the pressures on water resources that are continuously increasing. Management practices on water demand are being revised to improve the existing supply-demand balance and ultimately to bring about a more water-efficient society.", "language": "en", "title": "Water management in Europe: price and non-price approaches to water conservation", "created": "2017-06-26T08:57:08Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/water-management-in-europe-price/water-management-in-europe", "prod_id": "WOJXBDY65M", "modified": "2021-03-25T12:55:16Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2017 1.5.1", "label": 2, "published": "2017-07-04T07:55:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "An appealing innovation with highly uncertain potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enable more sustainable use of natural resources.", "language": "en", "title": "Artificial meat and the environment", "created": "2020-09-23T13:55:38Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/artificial-meat-and-the-environment/artificial-meat-and-the-environment", "prod_id": "Z0YUAT3OMV", "modified": "2023-02-08T17:03:53Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2020 2.3.2", "label": 3, "published": "2020-10-26T14:50:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "While global food chains, market competition, industrial processes and increasing productivity have turned agriculture into a profitable economic sector, it is also one of the biggest contributors to environmental and sustainability challenges in Europe and worldwide. In tandem, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent geopolitical developments in Europe and socio-economic trends have driven attention towards agriculture and food systems. Considering these new challenges, it is even more urgent to rethink agriculture and food systems to make them resilient and sustainable. This briefing reflects on what makes agriculture unsustainable today \u2014 and the types of agriculture we may want to preserve and support.", "language": "en", "title": "Rethinking agriculture", "created": "2022-09-05T12:16:19Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/rethinking-agriculture/rethinking-agriculture", "prod_id": "RATU0D28Q6", "modified": "2023-03-14T12:41:43Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2021 5.4.1", "label": 4, "published": "2022-10-06T11:55:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "New approaches to biodiversity conservation or unexpected but irreversible forms of environmental disruption?", "language": "en", "title": "Synthetic biology and the environment", "created": "2020-10-26T10:26:11Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/synthetic-biology-and-the-environment/synthetic-biology-and-the-environment", "prod_id": "W043YPSKAJ", "modified": "2021-03-25T14:02:04Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2020 2.3.2", "label": 5, "published": "2020-10-28T14:50:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "Eastern Partnership countries show significant progress in expanding networks of nationally protected areas", "language": "en", "title": "Protected areas in the Eastern Partnership countries", "created": "2020-07-28T08:57:31Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/protected-areas-in-the-eastern/protected-areas-in-the-eastern", "prod_id": "EXK7PTD2S5", "modified": "2023-02-13T15:05:39Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2020 3.7.6", "label": 6, "published": "2020-08-26T08:00:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "A technology with uncertain potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from e-commerce and the logistics industry and concerns over increased noise pollution and threats to wildlife.", "language": "en", "title": "Delivery drones and the environment", "created": "2020-10-26T10:26:01Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/delivery-drones-and-the-environment/delivery-drones-and-the-environment", "prod_id": "K9BGHYJSAZ", "modified": "2021-03-25T13:16:15Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2020 2.3.2", "label": 7, "published": "2020-10-28T14:50:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "Europe is at crossroads regarding its management of plastic, plastic waste and the plastic waste trade. Rapidly growing amounts of plastic have negative environmental and climate impacts.\r\nPlastic and plastic waste are traded worldwide. Exporting plastic waste from the EU to Asia is a means of dealing with insufficient recycling capacities in the EU. Waste import restrictions in China have shifted exports to other countries. Because some types of plastic waste have been added to the United Nations Basel Convention, the option of exporting plastic waste is becoming increasingly difficult. This requires policymakers, business and other actors to build a more robust and circular economy for plastic in Europe.", "language": "en", "title": "The plastic waste trade in the circular economy", "created": "2019-10-03T09:57:04Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/the-plastic-waste-trade-in/the-plastic-waste-trade-in", "prod_id": "ZMIJK3WSOR", "modified": "2021-03-09T14:44:08Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2019 2.1.3", "label": 8, "published": "2019-10-28T08:55:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "The orderly transition to the low carbon, climate-resilient economy that Europe is aiming for is also an investment challenge that depends on a substantial redirection of finance flows towards more sustainable investments.\r\nMeeting this challenge and harvesting the associated opportunities requires an improved knowledge base in terms of clear investment information at EU and national levels. \r\nAssessing the state-of-play of climate finance tracking in Europe, a recent European Environment Agency (EEA) study indicates that few European countries have translated their national climate and energy objectives into corresponding investment needs and plans.", "language": "en", "title": "Financing Europe\u2019s low carbon, climate resilient future", "created": "2017-07-05T09:35:16Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/climate/financing-europe-low-carbon-climate/financing-europes-low-carbon-climate", "prod_id": "KOTZQ2YV7J", "modified": "2021-12-03T13:24:13Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2017 1.3.2", "label": 9, "published": "2017-07-05T14:05:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "Municipal waste, if not managed properly, is a source of pollution. However, it also contains valuable materials that can be recycled. As in the EU, in the Western Balkan countries, municipal waste has been the target of waste policies for several years, mainly aimed at improving waste management. This briefing reviews current waste issues across the region, key initiatives being implemented, and remaining obstacles to preventing municipal waste generation and to its appropriate management.", "language": "en", "title": "Municipal waste management in the Western Balkan countries", "created": "2022-04-12T08:29:23Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/municipal-waste-management-in-western/municipal-waste-management-in-the", "prod_id": "YS84JQ6GU7", "modified": "2023-02-07T12:25:57Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2022 4.0.6", "label": 10, "published": "2022-04-26T08:15:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "It is currently not possible to perform in-depth environmental and health risk assessments of all chemical substances in use in Europe because of the great variety of chemicals and their diverse uses. New and legacy chemicals continue to be released into Europe\u2019s environment, adding to the total chemical burden on Europe\u2019s citizens and ecosystems. Early identification of emerging risks is one of the activities of the European Environment Agency (EEA). This briefing summarises the known and potential risks to human health and the environment in Europe posed by a group of very persistent chemicals, the per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS).", "language": "en", "title": "Emerging chemical risks in Europe \u2014 \u2018PFAS\u2019", "created": "2019-12-05T10:01:06Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/emerging-chemical-risks-in-europe/emerging-chemical-risks-in-europe", "prod_id": "VKFRGX8S92", "modified": "2022-12-06T16:03:35Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2019 2.2.1", "label": 11, "published": "2019-12-12T09:00:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "An energy-intensive technology undermining climate change mitigation or a game changer for the governance of sustainability transitions?", "language": "en", "title": "Blockchain and the environment", "created": "2020-10-26T10:25:59Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/blockchain-and-the-environment/blockchain-and-the-environment", "prod_id": "YQ1DHOZS9E", "modified": "2023-02-09T15:25:30Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2020 2.3.2", "label": 12, "published": "2020-10-28T11:05:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "Air quality remains a persistent problem in Europe, harming health and ecosystems. This briefing reviews the status of countries\u2019 air quality plans, put in place for situations where air pollution limits are exceeded. It also identifies the sources behind such exceedances. The assessment covers 21 EU Member States, as well as Norway and the United Kingdom. The European-level assessment is complemented by case studies providing examples of measures that have led to improvements in air quality in seven European cities or regions.", "language": "en", "title": "Managing air quality in Europe", "created": "2022-02-08T11:49:27Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/managing-air-quality-in-europe/managing-air-quality-in-europe", "prod_id": "D5OBW0EHZT", "modified": "2023-02-10T10:45:10Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2022 3.2.2", "label": 13, "published": "2022-02-16T10:55:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": "Forests used to constitute the dominant natural vegetation in most of Europe, covering up to 80 % of the land surface. However, the current extent and condition of forest ecosystems are the result of the process of human appropriation (domestication), which started more than 5000 years ago. By the end of the 17th century, more than half of Europe\u2019s original forest had disappeared and covered just a few percent of the total land area in countries such as Denmark or Ireland. In response to forest depletion, stricter forest management practices emerged to replant, protect and maintain forest cover and the multi-functionality of forests in terms of wood production and protection against, for example, soil and wind erosion.", "language": "en", "title": "Forest dynamics in Europe and their ecological consequences", "created": "2018-11-19T10:51:23Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/forest-dynamics-in-europe-and/forest-dynamics-in-europe-and", "prod_id": "AXKD1N03B5", "modified": "2023-03-13T23:07:46Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2018 1.7.8", "label": 14, "published": "2018-11-27T08:45:00Z" }, { "translation_of_uri": null, "serial_title": null, "isbn": null, "description": null, "language": "en", "title": "Citizens collect plastic and data to protect Europe\u2019s marine environment", "created": "2018-06-07T09:33:26Z", "uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/europes-seas-and-coasts/assessments/marine-litterwatch/briefing", "prod_id": "ZH9QEN1FC5", "modified": "2023-02-27T17:47:35Z", "type_uri": "http://www.eea.europa.eu/portal_types/Fiche#Fiche", "mps_code": "2018 1.6.1", "label": 15, "published": "2018-06-08T07:55:00Z" } ], "properties": {"uri": {"valueType": "url", "order": 0}, "title": {"valueType": "text", "order": 1}, "created": {"valueType": "date", "order": 2}, "modified": {"valueType": "date", "order": 3}, "published": {"valueType": "date", "order": 4}, "language": {"valueType": "text", "order": 5}, "translation_of_uri": {"valueType": "text", "order": 6}, "mps_code": {"valueType": "text", "order": 7}, "serial_title": {"valueType": "text", "order": 8}, "description": {"valueType": "text", "order": 9}, "type_uri": {"valueType": "url", "order": 10}, "isbn": {"valueType": "text", "order": 11}, "prod_id": {"valueType": "text", "order": 12}} }