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Synthesis report
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- 1. The changing context of European environmental policy
- 2. The European environment in a wider perspective
- 3. Protecting, conserving and enhancing natural capital
- 4. Resource efficiency and the low-carbon economy
- 5. Safeguarding people from environmental risks to health
- 6. Understanding the systemic challenges facing Europe
- 7. Responding to systemic challenges: from vision to transition
- References and bibliography
- Synthesis report content index
Global megatrends
- Setting the scene
- Diverging global population trends (GMT 1)
- Towards a more urban world (GMT 2)
- Changing disease burdens and risks of pandemics (GMT 3)
- Accelerating technological change (GMT 4)
- Continued economic growth? (GMT 5)
- An increasingly multipolar world (GMT 6)
- Intensified global competition for resources (GMT 7)
- Growing pressures on ecosystems (GMT 8)
- Increasingly severe consequences of climate change (GMT 9)
- Increasing environmental pollution (GMT 10)
- Diversifying approaches to governance (GMT 11)
European briefings
- Agriculture
- Air pollution
- Biodiversity
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Consumption
- Energy
- Forests
- Freshwater quality
- Green economy
- Health and environment
- Hydrological systems and sustainable water management
- Industry
- Land systems
- Marine environment
- Maritime activities
- Mitigating climate change
- Natural capital and ecosystem services
- Noise
- Resource efficiency
- Soil
- The air and climate system
- Tourism
- Transport
- Urban systems
- Waste
Cross-country comparisons
- Agriculture — organic farming
- Air pollution — emissions of selected pollutants
- Biodiversity — protected areas
- Energy — energy consumption and share of renewable energy
- Freshwater quality — nutrients in rivers
- Mitigating climate change — greenhouse gas emissions
- Resource efficiency — material resource efficiency and productivity
- Transport — passenger transport demand and modal split
- Waste — municipal solid waste generation and management
Countries and regions
- Albania country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Austria country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Belgium country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Bosnia and Herzegovina country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Bulgaria country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Croatia country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Cyprus country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Czech Republic country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Denmark country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Estonia country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Finland country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- France country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Germany country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Greece country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Hungary country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Iceland country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Ireland country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Italy country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Kosovo* country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Latvia country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Liechtenstein country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Lithuania country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Luxembourg country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Malta country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Montenegro country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- The Netherlands country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Norway country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Poland country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Portugal country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Romania country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Serbia country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Slovakia country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Slovenia country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Spain country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Sweden country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Switzerland country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Turkey country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- United Kingdom country briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Arctic region briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Black Sea region briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
- Mediterranean Sea region briefing - The European environment — state and outlook 2015
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3 March 2015 12:30 Press Centre of the European Commission, Brussels. Joint press conference by Commissioner Karmenu Vella and Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency. Extracts from the press conference are available from the European Commission's Audiovisual Service and on our videos page. |
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4 March 2015 9:30 – 11:30 European Commission, Brussels SOER 2015 launch event for European Commission Directors and Head of Unit from DGs ENV, CLIMA, JRC and ESTAT. |
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4 March 2015 14:30 – 18:00 The Square (Arc Room), Rue Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels The European environment - state and outlook 2015. Linking current knowledge and policies to future ambitions. Co-hosted by Karmenu Vella (European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), Hans Bruyninckx (Executive Director, European Environment Agency) and Kaspars Gerhards (Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia). The conference will start with a high-level panel on the state and outlook for the European environment and continue with an expert discussion on future prospects and action needed. Issues to be addressed include emerging trends, how best to ensure Europe is equipped to meet future environmental challenges, the benefits of action, and how the EU can support the transition to a more sustainable economy. A video from the conference is available on The Square’s dedicated website for web streaming at http://www.squarestream.tv/epc/ |
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5 March 10:00 – 12:30 European Parliament, Brussels The European environment - state and outlook 2015 report: Linking current knowledge to the 7th EAP priority objectives. Co-hosted by: Benedek Jávor (MEP, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance Vice-chair, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety), José Inácio Faria (MEP, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Member, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) and Jo Leinen (MEP, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Member, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety). The workshop will present key findings from SOER 2015 with focus on the three priorities of the 7th Environment Action Programme: natural capital; the resource-efficient, low-carbon economy; and human health and well-being. |
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6 March 12:30 Brussels Presentation of SOER 2015 to the Environment Ministers and their delegations. |
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The EEA's report SOER 2015 gives a comprehensive assessment of the European environment's state, trends and prospects, in a global context. The EEA's task is to provide timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information on Europe's environment.
For more information, see www.eea.europa.eu/soer or scan the QR code.
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