EU EnvironmentAgency @euenvironment@respublicae.eu

📢It is time for our LIVE chat #Askanexpert next Wednesday. We will talk about how #plastic waste is making its way to our seas & what efforts are needed across Europe to prevent it.

Have questions for our experts? Please write them down in our comments section↩️

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1621121651667800064

How do we achieve zero pollution? In our #EEAAskanExpert we talked to the people behind our knowledge package #Zeropollution about the impacts of pollution & what EU is currently doing to prevent these impacts.

Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntgcCufemwE

@EU_ScienceHub @EU_ENV

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1620817830857052161

RT @EUgreenresearch: "Microplastics are everywhere"

Growing awareness of #microplastics in the ground and in freshwater highlights the need to tackle an environmental threat generally associated with #oceans

EU-funded projects are tackling the problem
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#MSCA #MissionSoil #plasticpollution

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1620397498627137536

#EEAindicator: Water scarcity affected 29% of the EU territory during at least one season in 2019. Learn more about the situation in Europe and what additional efforts are needed to ensure sustainable water use.

👉 https://lnkd.in/eMBM22Tn

#waterscarcity #sustainablewateruse

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1620396914071203847

RT @IPBES: 🇪🇺Europe has seen a major decline in #biodiversity.

Less than half of bird species have a good population status in the EU.🐦Birds are sensitive to the environment & can reflect ecosystem changes.

👇More on the conservation status of birds w/ infographic by @euenvironment

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1620005356834553857

Markets for many commonly recycled materials struggle in the EU - from the 8 most common recyclables, only aluminium, paper & glass have well-functioning secondary markets - find out more #EEAreport
https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/markets-for-many-commonly-recycled

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1618914962323431425

UPDATED #EEAIndicator The total concentration of #greenhousegases and other forcing agents, including cooling aerosols, reached 465 parts per million CO2 equivalents in 2020. This is around the peak level that the IPCC states 'should not be exceeded'
https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/atmospheric-greenhouse-gas-concentrations

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1618615267021717504

RT @DrMariaNeira: I like it! 😃

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1618570315210313737

Belgian photographer #ChristianClauwers presented his work on the world's ocean's & polar regions - documenting the sometimes conflicting relationship between humans & nature to EEA staff today. An exhibit is set up outside our Agency on #KongensNytorv and runs til 28 Feb.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1618238903709995008

Don't forget to join our special LIVE #EEAAskanExpert 🎙️later this morning at 11:30 CET on #ZeroPollution. Have questions for our EU experts? Join our discussion via our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-environment-agency

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1617796773053104129

How do we get to #ZeroPollution?
Join our #EEAAskanexpert tomorrow when we talk about how #pollution impacts health & nature, starting at 11.30 CET via our LinkedIn page: https://linkedin.com/company/european-environment-agency

For more info on our ZeroPollution monitoring:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/zero-pollution-monitoring

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1617454756938616832

📢Our next LIVE #EEAAskanexpert 🎙️ on #ZeroPollution is next Tuesday on how #pollution impacts #health and #nature, and what Europe is doing to reduce these impacts. Join us and ask your questions on our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-environment-agency

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1616444208113483777

Land-based sources account for 80% of #marinelitter and approximately 85% of it is #plastic. This is a big problem because of plastic’s impact on #marine life and human #health via the #foodchain.
More in our new online report: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/european-marine-litter-assessment/from-source-to-sea-the
#plasticpollution #oceans

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1616003781220618240

Highlights from @CopernicusLand Monitoring Service 2022:
➡️The European Ground Motion Service (EGMS), showing ground displacement, unique in world; ➡️Updated Building Block Height, now with coverage extended to 870 cities! https://land.copernicus.eu/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1615992590398099457

One of the impacts of #climatechange is increasing #sea surface temperature. All European seas have warmed particularly since the late 1970s, with recent years being among the warmest on record.
Our updated indicator: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/european-sea-surface-temperature

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1614925082584817665

RT @EU_ENV: #AirPollution is one of the greatest 🌍 environmental health risks according to @WHO, contributing to the development of heart diseases & strokes

This 🆕 study has found that the health burden attributable to air pollution has dropped over 3 decades 👉 https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/european-health-burden-attributable-air-pollution-fell-over-three-decades-1990-2019-2023-01-11_en

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1614924683719090176

RT @EU_ENV: Around 1/3 of the EU's bird species are not in a good conservation status

With our Birds Directive, we want to protect all 500 wild 🐦 species naturally occurring in the 🇪🇺 & their habitats

🆕 research indicates how protected areas can be most effective: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/bird-conservation-protected-areas-are-most-effective-when-over-50-hectares-size-2022-10-10_en

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1613183482909556736

Looking for a new job? Join our team in beautiful #Copenhagen! We have several #jobopenings with application deadlines this month!

Check out all our open #vacancies here: https://lnkd.in/eESbqGu

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1613183148099002368

#EEAindicator: Did you know that #heavymetals like #cadmium, #mercury and #lead accumulate in ecosystems and damage human health? Thanks to European policies, emissions of heavy metals across Europe have gone down from 1990 levels.

Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/g3CzTTGr

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1612443839478009863

We wish you all a happy 2023! In times of uncertainty we stay committed to the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal for protecting the #climate, #nature and people’s #health.

Take care of each other and see you all next year!

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