EU EnvironmentAgency @euenvironment@respublicae.eu
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Joined Apr 2022
Pesticides can contaminate waterbodies and, if their concentrations are above critical thresholds, they can be harmful to the #environment.
More in updated #EEAindicator on #pesticides in #rivers, #lakes and #groundwater in Europe: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/pesticides-in-rivers-lakes-and #waterquality
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1600788206219235328
Most air pollutant emissions from #transport have declined in Europe since 1990 but the development is not equal across transport modes or specific pollutants.
More in our updated #EEAindicator: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/emissions-of-air-pollutants-from
#airquality #environment #health
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1600081281554952193
#EUSpace 🇪🇺🛰️#OpenData and services allow to protect our #soil by
➡️reducing the use of pesticides ♻️
➡️monitoring the impacts of #ClimateChange 🌡️
➡️preserving soil #biodiversity 🪱
#UseGalileo #Copernicus #EUGreenDeal #NewCAP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599734618999074816
Today is #WorldSoilDay
What is the progress in the management of contaminated sites in #Europe?
Check out our updated #EEAindicator: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/progress-in-the-management-of
#soilcontamination #SoilHealth
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599719334128979968
Do you want to join our growing team in #Copenhagen?
📣We are hiring profiles for #sustainabilitytransitions, #humanresources, #datamanagement, and #financialcontrolling and #accounting.
Check out 5 open #vacancies on our website:
➡️https://jobs.eea.europa.eu/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599716931447103488
Thank you for making this year's EEA #photo #competition our biggest ever! Well with #nature #NaturePhotography :
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1598615081062916096
Our platform Climate-ADAPT has now been translated to 5 language sections (French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish) with the help of automatic #translation: https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1598286081677754368
RT @EU_ECHA: Welcome to Helsinki, Sharon.
Dr Sharon McGuinness started her five-year term as our Executive Director today.
🔗https://echa.europa.eu/-/dr-sharon-mcguinness-starts-as-echa-s-executive-director-1
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1598243460590485504
RT @EU_ENV: 🆕 1st ever 🇪🇺-wide limits for underwater noise
With #CoP15 in Montreal getting closer, we are taking action now to better protect marine life
These new, evidence-based noise pollution limits will help restore our seas & reach our #ZeroPollution ambition
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/zero-pollution-and-biodiversity-first-ever-eu-wide-limits-underwater-noise-2022-11-29_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597923398004269056
Our latest briefing shows that #emissions of #methane are down by 36% in the EU in 2020 compared with 1990 levels. Methane is a more harmful #greenhouse gas, on the short term, when it comes to climate change, than CO2. Read more here: https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/methane-gas-emissions-on-a
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597923298343780353
Are you an official of the institutions of the #EuropeanUnion or Union bodies and would like to join us in Copenhagen? The EEA is organising a competition with a view to a transfer of three officials to work as HR Officers. Apply here: https://jobs.eea.europa.eu/jobs/human-resources-officer-39
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597608773035884547
Good news: although the #transport sector keeps on growing, most of the #emissions of air #pollutants from it have dramatically decreased. Check out our newest indicator: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/emissions-of-air-pollutants-from
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597567609796718593
RT @EUClimateAction: To keep temperature rise to 1.5°C, we must remove carbon already out there in addition to cutting emissions.
We need carbon removals: natural or industrial activities that remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
Tomorrow, we'll present our 🇪🇺 Certification of Carbon Removals proposal.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597535827008946177
RT @EU_ENV: At this @CITES #CoP19, the 🇪🇺 helped achieve stricter trade regulations for + 500 newly listed species threatened by 🌍 wildlife trade
Ahead of the #CoP15 #ForNature in December, it is encouraging to see the global community stepping up #ForOurPlanet: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/wildlife-trade-regime-2022-11-28_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597528383294144515
Our popular yearly publication, Signals, is out now, dealing with very hot topics: #energy and #sustainability. Check it out: https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/moving-towards-sustainability-in-times
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597183718409764871
RT @EUClimateAction: As the dust settles in Sharm el-Sheikh, it is time to look back at the progress made at #COP27 while highlighting the areas we need to work on.
What was decided at the COP and is it enough?
Here’s everything you need to know 👇
https://europeancommission.medium.com/what-did-cop27-achieve-40098dc06112
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1597179730817871872
How clean is the air you are breathing?
Europe’s #airquality keeps improving, yet air pollution is the largest environmental health risk, causing chronic illness and premature deaths.
Check out our new report ‘Air quality in Europe 2022’:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/premature-deaths-due-to-air?fbclid=IwAR3U0qnqo2yJO4o-qpv-EmKMxtWffyvzanvahsfXmUTHktJInMr0v_-JzCE
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1595768065798578177
#EEAindicator updated: In 2021, there were about 27,000 #Natura2000 sites, covering 18.6% of the EU’s land area and 8.9% of its marine territory. These protected areas offer a haven to Europe's most valuable and threatened species and habitats.🍄🪲🏞️
👉https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/natura-2000-sites-designated-under
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1595431498429378561
The EEA Scientific #Committee has elected new #chairpersons amongst its members. Professor Claire Dupont from Ghent University, Belgium, will chair the body of independent #scientists advising EEA’s work.
See all the new chairpersons here:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/new-chairpersons-to-eea-scientific-committee
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1595033313516965888
Interested to work in an EU institution at the forefront of Europe’s work on #environment and #climate?
Apply for the position as Expert on Environment and climate data flows, before January 10th:
👉https://jobs.eea.europa.eu/jobs/expert-environment-and-climate-data-flows-38
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1594706266659717120
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Official channel of the European Environment Agency (EEA), an agency of the European Union. We provide sound, independent information on Europe's environment.
Joined Apr 2022
