EU EnvironmentAgency @euenvironment@respublicae.eu
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🆕 norms to make industrial plants greener #ForOurPlanet
Some 3000 🧪chemical & 300 👕textile industry plants will have to comply with new legal norms adopted under the 🇪🇺Industrial Emissions Directive to reduce their environmental impact
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1613908766545817600
#FridayFacts! The share of #energy from #renewable sources used for #transport in the EU has steadily increased between 2005 and 2020.
In 2020, what percentage of the total energy used in transport in the EU came from renewable sources?
Answer➡️ https://lnkd.in/dMnGDmNc
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1613897279852740608
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
Ready for this year’s first #FridayFacts?
The waste #recyclingrate is growing in the EU-27, driven by EU binding #recycling targets.
Which #waste stream had the lowest recycling rate in Europe in 2020?
Correct answer 👉 https://lnkd.in/dnWRaig9
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1611387611423064066
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Want to know the top climate news in December?
We got you covered! 📰
🟢 Historical deal for nature at UN biodiversity summit #COP15
🟢 Agreement to strengthen #EUETS and create s Social Climate Fund
🟢 Major breakthrough in nuclear fusion
COP15 video credit: @VSinkevicius
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1610929223132221440
EU EnvironmentAgency
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We celebrate 50 years of Denmark in the European Union!🤝
Did you know that 🇩🇰:
🔹has been part of the Schengen area since 2001
🔹is home to the @euenvironment agency
🔹hosted the Aarhus convention on environmental democracy
Here’s to many more years together!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1610901538469285890
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!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1608838076331327492
Why is reducing #methane emissions crucial to wider #mitigation efforts? In our latest #newsletter we interview Ricardo Fernandez, EEA climate change mitigation expert, to find the answer.
Check it out: https://lnkd.in/dv3dBg54
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1605847350903283712
#EEAindicator: The global mean sea level (GMSL) in 2021 was the highest ever measured. Since 1900 it has risen about 21cm, at an accelerating rate.
How much is the European sea level estimated to rise in the future depending on different scenarios?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1605589709601775618
In our latest #newsletter, EEA’s Executive Director makes a reflection on the two global conferences — the #climate COP and the #biodiversity COP.
Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/devDBVRS
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1605482414549086209
How do we move towards a sustainable Europe? Check out our publication, Signals, this year focusing on #energy and #sustainability:
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1605208035902767111
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The 🆕 global #Biodiversity Agreement will ensure that nature keeps sustaining communities & economies for the next decades
With the Paris Agreement, it paves the way towards a climate-neutral, #NaturePositive & resilient 🌎 by 2050
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1604792800046116864
Want to know how impacted your #health is by road traffic noise and #airpollution, combined, in your city?
Use our viewer! After selecting a city, one can explore the health impacts from both pollutants separately or together!
➡️https://lnkd.in/eaxDwTam
#zeropollution #dataviewer
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1604777049566093314
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📣 WE. HAVE. A. DEAL!
We just sealed the deal on a new Global #Biodiversity Framework at #COP15 🌱
This is our Paris moment #ForNature – a historical day that will give us the chance to keep our 🌏 livable for generations to come
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1604762950459600896
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The tension is rising!
The ministers are soon coming back to the plenary to take position on the draft proposal of the Global #Biodiversity Framework
Are we soon having a new deal #ForNature and people? 🌱
#EUatCOP15 #COP15 #ForOurPlanet
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1604718768223133697
🆕Our December ❄️#EEANewsletter is out - with news on #Climate and #Energy, #methane emissions, our #EEASignals publication and the latest EEA #indicators & #datasets
▶️https://createsend.com/t/d-A0F2FDB34C8AD7F42540EF23F30FEDED
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1603750997255503877
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Dear Ministers gathering in 🇨🇦 Montréal for #COP15,
We are kindly asking you to please SEAL THE DEAL #ForNature and #ForOurPlanet!
This is our unique opportunity to set nature, ecosystems and biodiversity on the track to recovery and secure our 🌍 & people a better future!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1603729310593871872
#FridayFacts ⁉️
According to estimates how much of the EU's total #plasticconsumption has no direct recycling or re-use targets?
You can find the answer in our recent #EEABriefing Managing non-packaging plastics in European waste streams: https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/most-plastic-consumption-in-europe #CircularEconomy
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1603696946316820480
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.
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