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What role can Europe’s land and marine habitats play in carbon storage and sequestration?
What is the carbon storage and sequestration potential of Europe’s many land and marine habitats? A first scoping analysis, published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), found that forests and wetlands can play an important role in storing carbon but…
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EEA’s new report on the role of cities in European sustainability transition
On 10 December, the EEA published the report “Urban Sustainability in Europe – Ways to Environmental Change“, which collects the Agency’s recent work on urban sustainability and an assessment of the urban nexus. The new EEA assessments highlight that cities…
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The new EEA’s indicator to track pesticides in European waters now available online
The European Environment Agency recently released a new indicator that detects traces of pesticides in rivers, lakes and groundwater in Europe. The data was collected from EEA member countries and is limited to pesticides whose threshold levels have been exceeded…
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) calls for further knowledge for action and specific targets in Europe’s sustainable goals achievements
In its article of October 14th, called “Europe’s sustainability agenda needs knowledge for action and more concrete targets to achieve its ambitions” the EEA explains that Europe should pursue some knowledge innovation to achieve the realize European Green Deal’s objectives.…
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European Environment Agency’s Signals report 2021 on nature is now available online
Published last September, the European Environment Agency (EEA)’s report “Signals 2021 – Europe’s nature” shows the environmental damages caused by human activities, which are leading to a dramatic disappearance in the number of plants, animal species, and habitats in the…