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RSS![Extreme decentralisation of water production: environmentally sustainable and economically feasible?](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/NA1428_shutterstock_1822604243.jpg?itok=K_hGGKQZ)
Issue 590: Water from ‘off-grid’ supply and treatment systems for individual buildings may be cheaper to supply than water from conventional systems, new research suggests.
![Dolphins swimming in blue waters.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/underwater%20noise.jpeg?itok=ruAWTBaz)
EU experts have adopted recommendations on maximum acceptable levels for impulsive (for example from oil and gas exploration and extraction) and continuous (such as from shipping) underwater noise.
![Virginijus Sinkevičius and Natalia Gavrilița addressing the public from podiums.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/LIFE%20Moldova.jpeg?itok=GLsdwjJm)
On Saturday in Chisinau, Moldova, EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Natalia Gavrilița, jointly signed an agreement on Moldova’s accession to the LIFE programme for environment and climate.
At the world wildlife conference CITES COP19 that took place in Panama from 14 to 25 November, the EU helped achieve key outcomes that will bring sustainable trade in more than 500 newly listed species.
![100 GCA signatories](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/100%20signatory%20cities%20.jpg?itok=ltwpiUzL)
Green City Accord reaches 100 signatories which will be celebrated at next week's annual conference
![Plastic litter floating in water.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-05/Global%20actions%20for%20plastics%20%281%29.jpg?itok=orW3piy-)
The EU is today joining the “High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution”, confirming its commitment to aim high in the intergovernmental negotiations for a global agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040.
![The word 'Life' written in yellow surrounded by yellow stars, on a blue background.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-06/Life.jpg?itok=HI6_VYrh)
Today, the Commission has approved more than €380 million of funding for 168 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for the environment and climate action.
![Bat-friendly cities: urban planning recommendations from new citizen science study](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/1416_shutterstock_1510891661.jpg?itok=lBI4jHBy)
Issue 589: Cities can effectively support bat populations when urban planners and conservationists create the right ecological conditions, concludes a new study from Germany.
![Sunset landscape depicting body of water and rocky cliff.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/1424_shutterstock_1051989149.jpg?itok=-Ny-_PgW)
Issue 589: The semi-enclosed Black Sea is fed by multiple European and Asian rivers which carry microplastic pollution.
![Using blue-green infrastructure in cities increases regional habitat connectivity and benefits biodiversity](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/1427_shutterstock_219250780.jpg?itok=KUxUflaT)
Issue 589: Global urbanisation is increasing and negatively impacting on the quality, connectivity and ecosystem functioning of natural spaces.