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RSS![Flooded landscape depicting road signs and trees.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1468_shutterstock_430996282.jpg?itok=SDUbK8I2)
Issue 602: Flooding - the most expensive natural hazard in Europe - is forecast to worsen in the future due to climatic and socio-economic changes.
![Cooling cities through urban green infrastructure](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1477_shutterstock_75896092.jpg?itok=PkttWBYJ)
Issue 602: The cooling effect of trees is well known, but no study has so far aimed to quantify how many premature deaths might be prevented through this ecosystem service.
![Forest landscape.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-09/euronews-forests.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=fY8O3KtC)
In episode two, Euronews explores how to sustainably manage forests, reducing their vulnerability to climate extremes and increasing their adaptive capacity.
![Participation of Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner, in the EC-UNEP High Level meeting](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-061416/00-02.jpg?itok=s6Q4BwW-)
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission (EC) have agreed to strengthen their partnership for successful environmental multilateralism to address the triple planetary crisis.
![Discarded PC keyboards and towers.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-01/WEEE.jpg?itok=iD0xX6dJ)
The European Commission has launched an online public consultation on the evaluation of the Directive on waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE Directive) that will run until 22 September 2023.
![Lynx walking near felled tree in forest.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/Lynx_1_%C2%A9_Saxifraga-Martin_Mollet.jpeg?itok=bGTUA3xb)
The 2023 LIFE Award for Nature goes to the LIFE Luchs Pfälzerwald project on the reintroduction of Eurasian lynxes in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve.
![Demography in the EU, ages 20-30 - Italy](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-051711/00-02.jpg?itok=koBaOjhe)
The majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent' water quality standards in 2022, according to the latest annual Bathing Water report published today.
![People standing in front of presentation screen.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/Sans%20titre.jpg?itok=YEmJH4fP)
The 5th international OECD Circular Economy roundtable was held in the capital of Estonia
![Underwater landscape depicting rocky ocean floor and aquatic plants.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/NA1413_shutterstock_752701678.jpg?itok=-q0ILCGh)
This week, EU Member States’ Marine directors have endorsed recommendations on the limitation of seabed damage and seabed loss.
![Lead fallout fingerprint of the Notre-Dame de Paris fire uncovered](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1467_shutterstock_2151473735.jpg?itok=0eSe3P1c)
Issue 601: In 2019 the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral fire spread leaded dust over Paris. Scientists have now uncovered a unique geochemical fingerprint of the lead dust pollution from this incident.