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RSS![New research explores how ‘green infrastructure’ policy is applied in Sweden](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1482_shutterstock_218507491.jpg?itok=Quo8N5wr)
Issue 603: Researchers have explored the creation and implications of Sweden’s ‘green infrastructure’ policy, an approach identified by the European Commission as a potential strategy to protect biodiversity and create healthy, resilient ecosystems.
![Increase in reduced-snowmelt drought in the Alps affects downstream water flow patterns](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1484_shutterstock_2206771717.jpg?itok=VcFcFyhh)
Issue 603: Droughts in catchment areas in the Alps affect several major European rivers. This study reports that drops in snowmelt are causing drought to become more common, affecting the timing and characteristics of water shortages downstream.
![Call for better management of coastal sand mining to halt ‘dire’ consequences](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1492_shutterstock_2144326359.jpg?itok=SLENZjMw)
Issue 603: Sand mining in coastal environments brings huge environmental, social and economic impacts. A study discusses how best to manage these impacts, recommending ‘sand rights’ and use of alternative aggregates and techniques in construction.
![Smart farming - Ferme du Plein Air](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-044764/00-28.jpg?itok=hWqOmfDv)
Today, new requirements for the safe reuse of treated wastewater in agricultural irrigation become the norm across most of the European Union.
![Brown bear with cub in front of trees](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-05/Sme%C4%91i%20medvjed%20%28Ursus%20arctos%29%20Marko%20Matesic.jpg?itok=L8Pj6s2R)
EU Platform members will participate in an event on Co-existence of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe organised jointly between the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside and the Committee of the Regions’ Commission for Natural Resources and the CoR.
![Seagrass services lost in Gulf of Gabes](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-06/NA1460_shutterstock_1010697697.jpg?itok=uEyTIbH9)
Issue 602: An international study assessed the range of Posidonia oceanica (seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean), and associated ecosystem services lost, due to a 90% loss of the seagrass habitat resulting from industrial pollution.
![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.