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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.
The LIFE Environment Award recognises innovative projects that contribute to the protection and restoration of the environment. At the ceremony, Mihhail Kõlvart, Mayor of Tallinn - European Green Capital 2023 - presented LIFE Plants for Plants as the winning LIFE project in the Environment category.
![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.
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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.
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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.