EU Green Week 2022 News

Issue 592: In 2011 Germany passed regulations to minimise bat collisions with wind turbines. But turbines installed earlier continue to operate without mitigation measures. This study assesses the potential impact of these facilities on bat numbers.

Issue 592: A new study of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the Catalan Sea highlights the links between food webs, fish condition and mercury build-up.

Issue 592: Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental health risks worldwide according to the World Health Organisation.

On 29 December, the new Regulation on POPs will enter into force, providing a legally binding obligation to protect human health and the environment from some of the most harmful chemicals in waste

Utrecht is currently celebrating its 900 year anniversary and, in honour of this milestone, has reaffirmed its commitment to providing a healthy, green space for residents to live and work in.

A new JRC study models how climate and land use change will drive local biodiversity loss, further weakening the resilience of ecosystems.

Today, the Commission proposed a revised Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) and introduced new hazard classes for endocrine disruptors and other harmful chemical substances to better protect people and the environment from hazardous chemicals.

Early this morning at the UN Biodiversity conference COP15 in Montréal, Canada, the EU joined 195 countries in the historic Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Statement by Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, and Dr. Ladislav Miko, Special Envoy for International Negotiations, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services representing the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the COP15 stock taking plenary.