EU legislation has led to improvements in air quality, with the percentage of urban citizens exposed to pollutant levels above standards set to prote. . . read more Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:34:09 GMT

Historical greenhouse gas emissions from the EU buildings sector show a decreasing trend since 2005. This is the result of the implementation of high. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:46:18 GMT

Through its land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities, the EU currently removes a net total of 249 Mt CO 2 e from the atmosphere eve. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:33:16 GMT

Greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector are covered by national annual emission targets. Between 2005 and 2019, the EU’s agriculture e. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:33:54 GMT

The Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on energy consumption in the European Union. In 2020, the EU’s primary energy consumption (for all ener. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:06:41 GMT

With a 21.3% share of energy consumed from renewable sources in 2020, the EU has reached its headline target (20%) for 2020, according to EEA early e. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:05:40 GMT

In 2019, the EU was not on track to meet its target to reduce the greenhouse gas emission intensity of fuels sold for road transport to 6% below 2010. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:00:16 GMT

The share of energy from renewable sources used for transport in the EU increased from under 2% in 2005 to almost 9% in 2019. Preliminary EEA data in. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:55:00 GMT

Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU decreased by 31% between 1990 and 2020 — exceeding the EU’s 2020 target by 11 percentage points. This oversho. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:53:45 GMT

EU greenhouse gas emissions covered by national reduction targets decreased by 15% between 2005 and 2020, which is significantly more than the 10% re. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:52:39 GMT

Greenhouse gas emissions from the EU’s transport sector increased steadily between 2013 and 2019, a trend that diverges significantly from those in. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:40:06 GMT

The greenhouse gas emission intensity of power generation in the EU has been continuously decreasing over the last three decades: generating 1 kilowa. . . read more Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:09:07 GMT

Heavy metals accumulate in ecosystems and damage human health. In line with the EU’s commitments under the Air Convention, specific legislation led. . . read more Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:32:36 GMT

The air pollutants ammonia (NH 3 ), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), nitrogen oxides (NO X ), fine particulate matter (PM) and sulphu. . . read more Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:32:46 GMT

In 2020, the EU continued to actively phase out ozone-depleting substances (ODS), in line with its commitment under the Montreal Protocol. Data for 2. . . read more Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:58:19 GMT

The Water Framework Directive aims to achieve good status for all rivers, lakes and transitional and coastal waters in the EU. Achieving good ecologi. . . read more Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:25:52 GMT

Ocean surface pH declined from 8.2 to below 8.1 over the industrial era as a result of an increase in atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. This decline. . . read more Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:30:00 GMT

  The waste recycling rate — the proportion of waste generated that is recycled — is growing in the EU-27, indicating progress towards using m. . . read more Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:37:40 GMT

All European seas have warmed considerably since 1870, particularly since the late 1970s. During the period for which comprehensive data are availabl. . . read more Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:54:05 GMT

Climate change has increased forest fire risk across Europe. Even so, the burnt area of the Mediterranean region has decreased slightly since 1980, i. . . read more Wed, 30 Jun 2021 13:50:42 GMT

The dataset consists of a collection of annual soil moisture (SM) anomalies during the vegetation growing season (GS) for the years 2000-2019 across E. . . read more Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:10:00 GMT

These data sets show the European forest area in 2012 and in 2015 at 100m spatial resolution, covering EEA39 countries. They are based on Copernicus H. . . read more Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:22:23 GMT

F4v0 - Urban morphological zones (UMZ) are defined by Corine land cover classes considered to contribute to the urban tissue and function. . . read more Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:45:00 GMT

Urban morphological zones (UMZ) are defined by Corine land cover classes considered to contribute to the urban tissue and function. . . read more Fri, 27 Jun 2014 11:45:00 GMT

Potential quiet areas in Europe, based upon Quietness Suitability Index (QSI) and Natura 2000 protected areas. . . read more Mon, 17 Jun 2019 08:05:00 GMT

The high resolution forest product consists of 3 types of (status) products, and additional change products. The status products are available for 201. . . read more Wed, 16 May 2018 09:00:00 GMT

The European Urban Atlas provides reliable, inter-comparable, high-resolution land use maps for over 300 Large Urban Zones and their surroundings (mor. . . read more Wed, 16 May 2018 10:00:00 GMT

Natura 2000 (an EU-wide network of nature protection areas established under the 1992 Habitats Directive) is the centrepiece of EU nature & biodiversi. . . read more Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:05:00 GMT

EU-Hydro is a dataset for all EEA39 countries providing photo-interpreted river network, consistent of surface interpretation of water bodies (lakes a. . . read more Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:55:00 GMT

Catalogue of all external data references used by EEA products such as indicators, maps, graphs and publications. For "external data" we intend data t. . . read more Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

European air quality information reported by EEA member countries, including all EU Member States, as well as EEA cooperating countries. The EEA’s a. . . read more Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:15:00 GMT

All Member States are requested by EU Regulation 1143/2014 to report every 6 years on the Invasive Alien Species (IAS) of Union, of regional and of Me. . . read more Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:25:00 GMT

This database contains a number of climate change mitigation policies and measures (PaM) implemented or planned by European countries to reduce greenh. . . read more Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:55:00 GMT

Forest management involves various degrees of human intervention to safeguard the forest ecosystem and its functions as well as the exploitation of fo. . . read more Fri, 06 Sep 2019 08:39:28 GMT

The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) inventory was initiated in 1985 (reference year 1990) to standardize data collection on land in Europe to support environm. . . read more Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:45:00 GMT

The chemicals strategy for sustainability towards a toxic-free environment (CSS) embraces two overarching goals of the chemicals legislation: preventi. . . read more Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:00:00 GMT

The circular economy is now a widely accepted concept. It goes beyond just managing waste: it is more about keeping the value of materials high and ma. . . read more Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:01:11 GMT

The EUCRA report builds on and complements the existing knowledge base on climate impacts and risks for Europe, including recent reports by the Interg. . . read more Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:05:00 GMT

EU policymakers have recently decided to introduce a direct ban on the destruction of textiles and footwear with some exemptions for small, micro and. . . read more Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT

The EU is committed to a just and inclusive future of living well within planetary boundaries. To reach this sustainable future, society must go throu. . . read more Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:01:33 GMT

Waste and circular economy actions contribute to reducing the need for new primary materials and the associated greenhouse gas emissions linked to the. . . read more Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:00:30 GMT

The economic costs associated with the negative impacts of air pollution caused by Europe’s industrial plants are substantial. The methods of estima. . . read more Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:00:39 GMT

Revised SPD 2024-2026 adopted by EEA’s Management Board by written procedure on 24 January 2024. . . read more Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:05:00 GMT

Monitoring report on progress towards the 8th EAP objectives 2023 edition. . . read more Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT

This briefing summarises some of the ways in which climate change is impacting Europe’s marine ecosystems. It identifies how various ecosystem featu. . . read more Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:59:42 GMT

Air pollution is currently the most important environmental health risk factor in Europe. It remains an important cause of poor health and contributes. . . read more Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:00:21 GMT

Wider application of nature-based solutions (NBS) to climate change adaptation would deliver multiple societal benefits and contribute to biodiversity. . . read more Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:59:37 GMT

This report looks at how biomass can help us reach our climate and environmental objectives, and how climate change might affect the EU's biomass prod. . . read more Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT

To accelerate the green transition, Europe needs a solid socio-economic and fiscal policy framework to ensure the European Green Deal is smoothly impl. . . read more Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT

This report explores the historical trends, most recent progress and projected future progress on climate change mitigation through reduced GHG emiss. . . read more Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:05:00 GMT

Growing transport volumes have been driving Europe’s road transport emissions up in the past two decades. A European Environment Agency (EEA) analys. . . read more Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:00:00 GMT

Breaches of EU air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide across Europe were predominantly due to road traffic, while domestic heating lay behind the maj. . . read more Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:55:00 GMT

Textile consumption in Europe has on average the fourth highest impacts on the environment and climate, following consumption of food, housing and mob. . . read more Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:05:00 GMT

The European Green Deal acknowledges the crucial role of taxation in Europe’s sustainability transition. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) bri. . . read more Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT

Extreme weather events like storms, heatwaves and flooding accounted for economic losses of around half a trillion euros over the past 40 years and le. . . read more Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:05:00 GMT

High-quality green and blue spaces in cities, like parks, allotments, riverbanks and coastlines, are crucial for health and well-being, in particular. . . read more Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:50:00 GMT

The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted swift and forceful actions by governments and societies around the world. A European Environment Agency (EEA) brief. . . read more Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:50:00 GMT

Under current and planned measures, EU Member States project that ETS emissions will continue to decrease in the coming decades albeit at a slower pac. . . read more Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:55:00 GMT

In most European countries and in the EU as a whole, waste generation is growing but at a slower pace than the economy. However, there are no signs th. . . read more Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:05:00 GMT

Most Europeans live in cities and cities are Europe’s economic, cultural, and political hubs. Cities face environmental and climate challenges but a. . . read more Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:55:00 GMT