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Issue 593: Climate change is weakening forests around the world, a new study concludes. Increased climate variability and water shortages have made forests in warmer regions less able to recover from natural and anthropogenic disruptions.
![EU Green Capital 2025 opening of the application cycle](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/EGC_newcycle-2025.jpg?itok=dlo5zTFk)
Does your city think, plan and live green? Is it on its way to becoming a pioneer in sustainability? Then it might have what it takes to be the next winner of the European Green Capital or European Green Leaf Award!
![Climate warming may increase algal blooms caused by sediment nutrient release in lakes – management must adapt](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/NA1437_shutterstock_1814105114.jpg?itok=3wuQq9hv)
Issue 593: A record-setting algal bloom in Hungary’s Lake Balaton, in 2019, led researchers to investigate the cause. Their findings suggest that the ecological stability of large, shallow lakes is susceptible to the effects of climate change.
![Industrial emissions](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/AdobeStock_312877952.jpeg?itok=zuPp20SS)
Some 3000 chemical and 300 textile industry plants in the EU will have to comply with new legal norms adopted under the EU Industrial Emissions Directive to reduce their environmental impact.
![Water coming out of faucet.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2020-08/Water%20image.png?itok=ruMFQZZd)
Today new requirements on the quality of and access to drinking water are becoming the norm across the European Union, with the revised Drinking Water Directive now transposed into national legislation.
Valongo started its EU Green Leaf 2022 year with reforestation activities
The world of tomorrow belongs to the youth
![Indicators of poor condition of north-west Mediterranean swordfish point to need for monitoring](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/NA1415_shutterstock_763641250.jpg?itok=VRM4NbCy)
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.
![European health burden attributable to air pollution fell over three decades from 1990 to 2019](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/NA1420_shutterstock_338529914.jpg?itok=JJ-Q302q)
Issue 592: Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental health risks worldwide according to the World Health Organisation.
![Coastal landscape depicting sandy shore, water, and cloudy skies.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/NA1434_shutterstock_1049688698.jpg?itok=L-n-hs7Y)
Issue 592: Marine and coastal habitats are experiencing unprecedented environmental change – with some of the drivers of change due to overlooked and emerging issues in the areas of resource-exploitation, new-technology and ecosystem issues.