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The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union. We provide data and knowledge to policymakers and the public, in order to achieve Europe's environmental, climate and sustainability goals. www.eea.europa.eu/en

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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 12h
Half of Europe's population was exposed to poor or worse ground-level ozone levels so far in 2026, as successive summer heatwaves drove up concentrations, according to new @CopernicusECMWF analysis. 🔗 atmosphere.copernicus.eu/air-quality/... #AirQuality #Ozone
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 29/09/2026
🍎 132 kg of food wasted per person in the EU. That also wastes land, water, energy and labour. This #FLWDay, see how Europe is tackling food waste 👇https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/preventing-waste-in-europe-progress-and-challenges-with-a-focus-on-food-waste
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 27/09/2026
On #WorldTourismDay, we’re reminded that climate change is reshaping tourism across Europe. Climate-resilient tourism means adapting to change while building a more sustainable future. 👉https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/metadata/adaptation-options/diversification-of-tourism-offers
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 25/09/2026
🌡️ Climate change is already affecting our health! 🤝 The European Climate and Health Observatory brings organisations across Europe together to turn knowledge into action and strengthen preparedness. Explore the Observatory ➡️ climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/observatory
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 25/09/2026
In our latest newsletter, our Executive Director talks about opportunities & risks that come with AI, & why the role of the EEA & Eionet is more important than ever, not only in providing scientific excellence but also in ensuring transparency & trust. 👉 www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 24/09/2026
Today is #WorldMaritimeDay! ⛴️ By translating policy into action through cooperation, knowledge-sharing & investment, we can help ensure that Europe's maritime sector remains safe, competitive & environmentally sustainable. Read the full report here: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 23/09/2026
You want to help us make our planet greener? 🌍 💚 One way is to report your tree planting activities 🌲 🌳 through our initiative called MapMyTree, a web app that allows citizens to report where they have planted trees or suggest location for trees. 👉 mapmytree.eea.europa.eu#/home
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 22/09/2026
It’s #WorldCarFreeDay! 🚲 🚶‍♂️ 🛹 🛼 Back in 2007, we celebrated European Mobility Week by showcasing some of the different ways our colleagues travelled to work. Today, we’re bringing this video back to spark some inspiration for how to get to work without a car.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 22/09/2026
🔍 How do emerging trends such as digitalisation & artificial intelligence reshape Europe's production & consumption? A new EEA-Eionet horizon scan has explored 7 emerging trends 👉 www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 21/09/2026
A newly proposed EU rating scheme will make data centres' energy and water use transparent, as the bloc aims to triple its capacity within five to seven years. 🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p... #DataCentres #EUPolicy
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 18/09/2026
Birds 🐦‍⬛ play a vital role in healthy ecosystems, supporting pest control, seed dispersal and nutrient cycling, while also contributing to our well-being. New data show populations have declined. Find out more in our #EEAIndicator on how declines can be reversed. www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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ICOS RI @icos-ri.eu · 15/09/2026
"The costs of climate change are staggering. Observation networks such as ICOS play an important role to produce the data necessary for sound policies,” says Leena Ylä-Mononen @ylaleena.bsky.social from @eea.europa.eu in her speech in #ICOS2026SC. ICOS's Hannele Laine welcomes the dialogue.
Leena Ylä-Mononen from EEA key note speech in ICOS Science Conference 20226Hannele Laine welcomes the participants to ICOS Science Conference in Lund. Victor Öwall from Lund University welcomes the participants to Lund, city of innovations.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 14/09/2026
Voting is now open for the Public Choice Award of this year's EEA Photo Competition 2026, Resilient by nature! 📸 Now it is your turn to choose the winner. Browse the shortlisted images, pick your favourites and cast your vote by 27 September. 👉 Vote now: www.eea.europa.eu/en/competition
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 11/09/2026
Climate change is reshaping Europe's agricultural calendar, with consequences from field to fork. According to the European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA) published by the EEA, warmer temperatures are already causing crops to develop earlier and growing seasons to lengthen [...]
Collage of crop types with different signs of decay and withering
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EESC Sustainable Development @nat-eesc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🌍Yesterday we hosted @eea.europa.eu's event on clean energy jobs in the EU 🔋Green jobs alone are not enough. A just transition means: ▪️Security ▪️Predictability ▪️Quality work For all workers, no matter where they live.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 09/09/2026
📡 Seen from space: a major wildfire in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, an EEA cooperating country. In just 3 days, it burned ~14,000 ha. Smoke reached Croatia and Italy across the Adriatic. 🔥 More on wildfire impacts in Europe: discomap.eea.europa.eu/ClimatePrepa...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 08/09/2026
Who will power Europe’s clean energy transition, and how? 📅 Wed 9 September 2026, 9:30 to 13:00 ▶️Join the live stream from Brussels for the launch of our new report on clean energy technologies and quality jobs, skills and a just transition in the European Union: www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
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Clean energy technologies in the European Union – Implications for quality jobs, skills and a just transition
Europe’s transition to climate neutrality is reshaping its industrial and employment landscape. Clean energy technologies — including wind energy, solar PV, heat pumps and batteries — are becoming a...
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Environment, Climate and Food Safety Committee @envi.europarl.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
🗓️Thu 10/09, 09.00 - exchange of views 🌍 With @ylaleena.bsky.social, Executive Director of @eea.europa.eu 🎥 Watch live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 07/09/2026
Cleaner air is one of Europe's environmental success stories 🌬️ Thanks to EU, national and local action, air pollution levels have fallen significantly over the past two decades, with major improvements for pollutants such as sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide and lead. [...]
Mosaic of images with blue skies, white clouds, birds flying and offshore windmills.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 06/09/2026
🇵🇹 A retention basin in Setúbal is helping shield the city from flooding, storing rainwater before it reaches the Sado Estuary. 📡 Seen here via Copernicus Sentinel-2. climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/eu-policy...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 04/09/2026
The ocean has absorbed vast amounts of the CO₂ emitted by human activities, helping to slow climate change. But this comes at a cost: ocean acidification.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 03/09/2026
How much material do we use to support our consumption? Despite the EU’s per capita material footprint decreasing by 5.5% between 2010 and 2024, the data from 2020 onwards shows how overall consumption levels remain above the planet’s safe operating space for resource extraction.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 02/09/2026
More than 1.2 million hectares burnt across Europe and North Africa between 1 July–31 Aug, per EFFIS (Copernicus Emergency Management Service). 19 fires each exceeded 10,000 ha, across Iberia, France, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Ukraine and Algeria. 🔗 forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.eu
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 02/09/2026
Your feedback matters. The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the evaluation of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eionet for 2022-2026.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 31/08/2026
Central Europe has had a persistently dry summer. Weekly Soil Moisture data from the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service, tracked from 02 May to 23 August 2026, shows a clear and stubborn pattern:
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 31/08/2026
Who will power Europe’s clean energy transition, and how? 📅 Event registration deadline 1 September 📅 Join us in Brussels for the launch of our report: Clean energy technologies and quality jobs, skills and a just transition in the #EuropeanUnion: www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
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Clean energy technologies in the European Union – Implications for quality jobs, skills and a just transition
Europe’s transition to climate neutrality is reshaping its industrial and employment landscape. Clean energy technologies — including wind energy, solar PV, heat pumps and batteries — are becoming a...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 27/08/2026
13.7% of Europe's lakes have reached high ecological status, and 42.6% good status, but on #WorldLakeDay it is worth celebrating the progress being made. 🌊 www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/... #WorldLakeDay #Freshwater
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 26/08/2026
Europe's seas are warming fast 🌊 Black Sea: +1.7°C since 1991 North Sea: +1.0°C All 5 European seas have warmed sharply since 1870 — and could rise another 2-6°C by 2100. Full @EEA indicator 👇https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/european-sea-surface-temperature
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 25/08/2026
Europe is warming faster than any other continent. Land temperatures rose 2.20 to 2.29°C above pre-industrial levels between 2015 and 2025, well ahead of the global rate of 1.24 to 1.32°C. 📊 eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/... #ClimateChange #EEA #ClimateData
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 24/08/2026
Drought is reshaping Europe's rivers. 🛰️ Sentinel-2 shows the Waal near Nijmegen: Rhine flows hit their lowest since 1947. NL has been in official water shortage since 16 July 2026. Water scarcity in Europe 👇https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/use-of-freshwater-resources-in-europe-1
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 24/08/2026
EU electricity keeps getting cleaner overall, but not evenly: Poland, Cyprus and Estonia had the highest carbon intensity in 2024; Sweden, Finland and Luxembourg the lowest. Faster renewables rollout = more energy security, lower prices. 🌍⚡ 📊 www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 21/08/2026
Correction: the number of participants is 984, not 2678.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 21/08/2026
Only 40% of the 235 fish and shellfish stocks assessed for Good Environmental Status (GES) met the criteria on fishing pressure and reproductive capacity.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 18/08/2026
Europe is experiencing severe drought, affecting agriculture, transport, energy production and ecosystems. While data for 2026 are still being collected, findings from 2025 show the scale of the challenge.
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 17/08/2026
This year's EEA photo competition closed on 10 August & we want to thank all the people for their time & effort to submit entries. The 'Resilient by Nature' competition saw a 56% increase in participation from last year & we received a total of 2790 entries from 2678 participants from across Europe
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 14/08/2026
#foodforthought Understanding how we produce and consume #protein is key to building a more resilient, sustainable and resource-efficient #foodsystem. Check our latest report on this topic: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 10/08/2026
With many parts of Europe facing yet another heatwave this week, what impacts do high temperatures have in our cities? Our climate and health expert explains the #urbanheatisland 🌡️ 🥵 ☀️ effect and impacts high temps have on our health 🔗 For more information: discomap.eea.europa.eu/ClimatePrepa...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 06/08/2026
Swipe through 👉as our circular economy expert, Lars Mortensen, answers some key questions people ask most about a circular economy. 🔎 To learn more, check out our recent EEA briefings on what it will take to make Europe's circular economy a reality: 🔗 www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 04/08/2026
🚨How should Europe deal with #climaterisks? Climate #mitigation #adaptation is becoming essential. 🎙️Watch the latest EEA 'climate and environment' podcast episode or 🎧wherever you download your podcasts 🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJhUyCqi4Y
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 03/08/2026
The #Natura2000 network has 27,000 protected sites across the EU. The largest site is the Celtic Sea on France's Atlantic coast where you can find the Atlantic puffin. 🔎Check other habitats & species like the Tufa cascades or the Canary Islands via the Natura2000 map viewer: natura2000.eea.europa.eu
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 31/07/2026
Does climate change & extreme weather like the heatwave ☀️ 🌡️ many parts of Europe recently experienced have an impact on our mental health? There are both direct & indirect impacts. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or on the EEA YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?si=pek...
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What is the mental toll of pollution & climate change?
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 30/07/2026
Today is Earth Overshoot Day 🌍, a date that changes each year and which marks the point when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what the Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate in that year. More info👇
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 29/07/2026
🏥 Hospitals are on the frontline of climate change — but what happens when they face extreme heat? 🌡️☀️ New analysis from the European Climate & Health Observatory reveals where hospitals are increasingly exposed and why climate resilience matters. 👉 climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/observato...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 28/07/2026
🌿 #WorldNatureConservationDay, why not put your biodiversity knowledge to the test? Jump into our choose-your-own-adventure & pick your animal. 🐻 🐦‍⬛ 🐟 🪲 Choose your route & see how much biodiversity knowledge you can unlock by the end. 😉
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 27/07/2026
Heading to the beach to escape the summer heat? 🏖️☀️🌡️ Not sure if the water is safe to swim in? 💦 Before you dive in: ✅ Check the bathing water classification 🗺️ Use the EEA interactive map ⚠️ Look for on-site warning signs 👉 discomap.eea.europa.eu/bathingwater/ 👉 www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 23/07/2026
Cyprus and Malta faced the EU's most severe water scarcity in 2023, with seasonal water use exceeding 40% of renewable resources. Greece, Romania, Portugal, Italy and Spain were also affected in spring and summer. www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 22/07/2026
Green spaces do more than help us relax, they help cool our cities too. 🌳 As heatwaves grow more frequent, trees and greenery play a key role in lowering urban temperatures and supporting well-being: www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 21/07/2026
Europe's forests are burning. Farmland is drying up. Towns are flooding. Climate impacts are intensifying fast. Hear EEA expert Julie Berckmans on climate risk and resilience 🎙️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbJh... #ClimateChange #ClimateAdaptation #EUClimate
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 20/07/2026
Healthy soils act as natural water reservoirs during drought. 🌱 Rich in organic matter and full of life, they absorb rainfall, release it slowly to plants, and resist erosion. Investing in soil health means building long-term resilience to climate extremes. 💧
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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · 17/07/2026
Trees act like natural air conditioners, and they do it in two ways: Shade: They block the sun from hitting the ground. Active cooling: This is the cool science part. Trees "sweat" by releasing water into the air.
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