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RT by @EU_ENV: 🔵🟢⚪️⚫️ Are we supposed to drink blue or green water?
Do industries use gray or black water?
Discover what the different types of 💧 water are and where they are used 👇
Want to know more about water resilience?
Join us at the #EUGreenWeek on 29-30 May!
[2024-05-28 09:12 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Not only are freshwater habitats essential for flood control and #ClimateChange mitigation, they provide a home for over 25% of all described vertebrates.
They are among the most valuable ecosystems on the planet for their #biodiversity and importance to livelihoods.
[2024-05-28 06:50 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: The EU has adopted the ecodesign regulation.
The new rules:
✅set environmental sustainability requirements for almost all kinds of goods on the EU market
✅establish a digital product passport
✅prohibit the destruction of certain unsold consumer goods
[2024-05-27 09:19 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Today’s @EUCouncil adoption of the #ESPR is a game-changer for the #GreenDeal.💚
We're moving from the wasteful "take, make, break, throw away" model to a #CircularEconomy.
Efficient, durable & repairable products will serve our citizens better, reducing costs & pollution.🛠️
[2024-05-27 15:22 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Which location won our 1st, EU-wide #Natura2000Day BioBlitz?
It's 🇳🇱 Veluwe National Park, with:
🔎 13.162 observations
🔎 1453 species spotted
🔎 1491 observers
Well done to all participants and organisers, and keep looking #ForNature in your lives 👉 https://observation.org/bioblitz/categories/natura-2000-day-2024/?
[2024-05-27 11:27 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: 🌱@LIFEprogramme supports environmental and climate action projects in the EU.
Hear from Maya @cinea_EU and Guido @EU_ENV how an 🇪🇺 air quality project in the Kraków area improved the lives of its citizens and inspired other EU regions to do the same: https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/webpub/2024/good-administration/en/?utm_source=some_EO+&utm_medium=Twitter_organic&utm_campaign=good_admin_campaign
[2024-05-27 13:14 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: According to our #EDO CDI 🚱 for the first 10-day period of May:
🟠 Warning Conditions affected areas of 🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹🇭🇺🇵🇱🇭🇷🇧🇦🇷🇸🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇴🇧🇬🇺🇦🇬🇷🇨🇾🇲🇩🇹🇷🇬🇧🇮🇸🇳🇴🇫🇮🇱🇹
🔴 Alert Conditions were present in parts of Southern #Italy & Eastern #Spain
🔗http://e.copernicus.eu/EDO_CDI
[2024-05-27 09:16 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: @UNIDO will be at #EUGreenWeek on May 29-30!
Swing by the UNIDO booth at the UN Stand. We look forward to presenting the Test Niger project, which aims to Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies for industries’ environmental/social responsibility capacities in Niger Basin.
[2024-05-27 08:34 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Make a mark on #LIFEAwards2024!🏆
Comment with a commitment you’re making to the environment & be featured on our pledging tree at our ceremony!
We can’t wait to hear how all of you are joining our finalists to build a greener future 🌱
[2024-05-27 07:38 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: I really enjoyed co-hosting with the #BelgianPresidency the biannual meeting of all Member States’ Director Generals from the Environment/Climate ministries for a full day discussion on the priorities for the next mandate in #Tervuren.
[2024-05-25 12:14 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Does your country collect textiles separately? 🗑 👔 👕 👖 👗
Soon all EU countries will
The Waste Framework Directive mandates that from 2025, 🇪🇺 Member States must have separate collection systems for used textiles
Read more 👉 https://europa.eu/!XXQvkV
[2024-05-24 10:23 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: LIFE Flusserlebnis Isar has become #WaterWiseEU💧
This #LIFEProject has worked to restore the river Isar & its habitats in Germany🇩🇪
Meet this #LIFEAwards24 Citizens’ Prize finalist here: http://bit.ly/3Vh5hGw
[2024-05-24 09:12 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: What a BEEsy day for @FAOBrussels' team!
We joined the @BSB_Brussels' students on a mission to play, explore & learn about how youth can help #SavetheBees & other pollinators to assure food security for the present & future generations!🐝
Thank you @BSB_Brussels for hosting us!
[2024-05-22 20:06 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: It's time to wise up about water 💧
As part of the this year's #EUGreenWeek, follow the LIVE debate with 🇪🇺 Director General @florikafink, water experts and @WilksJeremy who will quiz them about water pollution, droughts, floods and more 👉 https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/23/live-debate-time-to-wise-up-about-water
[2024-05-23 10:47 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Success! 🎉 Today, the #CriticalRawMaterialsAct (CRMA) comes into force, with several 🔑actions on:
📑Strategic Projects
🗣️Board Meetings
🤝Pooling Demand
More here👉 https://europa.eu/!7tjkJM
Follow this thread for a breakdown! 👇
#CRMA #Sustainability #EUInnovation
🧵1/5
[2024-05-23 10:44 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: #DYK that 9 out of 10 disasters are water-related❓
Our #CopernicusEmergency products help to monitor and respond to such disaster events 🌊🚱, contributing to a more water-resilient 🇪🇺
Visit our booth at the #EUGreenWeek to learn more👇
https://green-week.event.europa.eu/index_en
[2024-05-23 10:53 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Now more than ever, water is on everyone's minds. 💧
As part of the EU’s Green Week, @WilksJeremy will quiz experts on how to wise up about water.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of the discussion on 29 May. 👇
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/23/live-debate-time-to-wise-up-about-water
[2024-05-23 10:00 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: On #WorldTurtleDay, we want to shellebrate our slow and long-living friends from the sea🐢
Climate change & environmental degradation are having devastating impacts on these endangered species.
Today, let's step-up conversation and climate action efforts! 🩵
[2024-05-23 09:48 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Happy #WorldTurtleDay 🐢
The loggerhead sea turtle is a 🌍 threatened marine species
Thanks to #Natura2000 and the Sea Turtle Protection Society of 🇬🇷 (ARCHELON), the number of nests, and correspondingly of adult females, has increased by 144% 👉 https://europa.eu/!RT4HJY
[2024-05-23 08:21 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: I was honoured to have represented the #EU at the @WWaterForum10 delivering our opening statement & keynotes at HL segments and panels. The forward looking mood was a welcome change to other ongoing MEA discussions where political division preempts deeper engagement on solutions.
[2024-05-22 19:53 UTC]
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