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Garden streets project ‘Tuinstraten’ in Antwerp, Belgium
Opening an urban park to the public in Getxo, Spain — ‘Thinking Fadura’
Unlocking finance and investments in nature
The success of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, agreed upon at COP15 in December 2022, will depend on actions taken by governments, financial institutions and corporates ( CBD, 2022 ). While this agreement is a milestone, its impact could be limited unless there is a significant increase in finance and investments that benefit nature, and unless biodiversity is considered in decision-making processes in key institutions. This page presents outcomes from an event co-hosted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the EEA at COP15 on risk, return and the role of data in unlocking investments which support nature.
Technical note accompanying the EEA briefing ‘Economic instruments and separate collection – key instruments to increase recycling’
Figure 1. Key economic instruments for municipal waste management applied by EU Member State
Table 1. Recycling, landfill and incineration rates for municipal waste and key policy instruments used
Table 2. Overview of the type and population coverage of PAYT systems for households in the EU-27, 2022
Economic instruments and separate collection systems — key strategies to increase recycling
The EU has set ambitious targets to improve municipal waste management. EU Member States need effective strategies and policy instruments to achieve these targets. This briefing provides an overview of some of the main instruments used across the EU and the performance of Member States so far.
ETS2 and ESR emissions EU-level in 2024
This figure shows the breakdown of EU emissions under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) by sector, highlighting relative shares and coverage under the ETS2. Data refer to 2024.
New Chair of the EEA Management Board
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) Management Board gets a new chairperson today as André Weidenhaupt takes over from Laura Burke at the end of her term. Mr Weidenhaupt is Director-General at Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development.
Key pressures on natural ecosystems based on Nature Directives reporting
Actions for increased circularity within the product chain
Mobility system with components, actors, employment and main health and environmental impacts
Waste generation by sector, EU-27, 2022
Key facts on cities and climate change - INFOGRAPHIC
Knowledge
The EEA is working on collecting and disseminating knowledge on how to advance and accelerate the Circular Economy in Europe. On this page, you can explore four key sections: good practices in circular economy, technical papers and reports, the upcoming Reuse Observatory, and outreach materials such as visuals and factsheets.
Priority objective 1: To protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital
Projected change in total snow precipitation from November to April
Europe's changing climate hazards — an index-based interactive EEA report
Climate change is happening and we need to get ready for more intense heatwaves, floods and storms, wildfires and water scarcity. Different climate-related hazards affect regions, sectors of the economy and members of society in different ways. Decision-makers need the best data and information to help them understand the imperatives and make the necessary preparations — adapted to the different scenarios and likely consequences, at European, national and sub-national levels. Europe’s changing climate hazards, an interactive index-based EEA report, brings it all together with an overview of past and projected changes in Europe’s most important climate hazards.
National and transnational climate atlases in Europe
Many European countries have developed national ‘climate atlases’ (or ‘climate portals’) with spatially explicit information on past and projected climate change. These atlases inform the development and implementation of climate change adaptation plans and strategies, and provide complementary information to pan-European sources, including the indices presented in the Europe’s changing climate hazards report and the European Climate Data Explorer. The national atlases often use more detailed models and observations, and they can contextualise information on the changing climate in terms of regional environmental and socio-economic conditions in the local language(s).
What will the future bring when it comes to climate hazards? - Overview
A carefully selected set of indices covering the main climate-related hazards for Europe has been put together from available data sources by experts in the field. These 32 indices are organised according to 16 hazards and are grouped into six categories consistent with the ‘climatic impact drivers’ adopted in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report. These categories and the key take-home messages from the EEA’s interactive report on Europe’s changing climate hazards are found below.
Heat and cold — mean air temperature
It is now beyond question… Europe is getting hotter. Average surface air temperature gives a clear and consistent signal of global and regional climate change. It has a direct impact on natural ecosystems, agriculture, and human health and well-being. Rising temperatures affect all types of ecosystems through shifts in species distribution and population structure and increase the risk of species extinction. These changes can impact ecosystem services, such as carbon storage, and affect crop production. Higher temperatures also naturally increase the risk of arid conditions and droughts.
Register of documents
Are you looking for an EEA document? Our register of documents gives you access to various types of documents related to the Agency such as decisions by the Management Board and Bureau, their meeting agendas and conclusions, EEA annual activity reports and budget accounts. You may search the register by categories or keywords.
Adoption of household measures and awareness of authority-led measures, by age
Country profiles overview
The country profiles provide concise, country-level assessments on key trends in environment, climate and socio-economic developments, examining core systems such as energy, mobility and food in the 38 EEA member and cooperating countries.