EU Green Week 2022 News

Today, the the first LIFE Call for Proposals for the environment and climate action opened under the new LIFE programme 2021-2027.

The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the EU Member States in the Council on amending the Aarhus Regulation that will allow for increased public scrutiny of EU acts affecting the environment.

The finalists cities for European Green Capital 2023 are: Helsingborg (Sweden), Krakow (Poland), Sofia (Bulgaria) & Tallinn (Estonia). The finalists for European Green Leaf 2022 are: Bistrița (Romania), Elsinore (Denmark), Gavà (Spain), Treviso (Italy), Valongo (Portugal) & Winterswijk (Netherlands)

A new report shows how restoring degraded ecosystems has the potential to double nature’s contribution to the EU economy and society.

The European Commission’s Green City Accord has hit a milestone number of cities willing to adopt even more ambitious environmental protection targets

Today, the European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions have launched a Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform.

This year’s edition of EU Green Week on the topic of zero pollution has closed with record involvement from citizens and stakeholders around the EU.

Today at the EU Green Week, Europe’s biggest environmental event, the winners of the 2021 LIFE Awards were announced by the EU’s LIFE programme.

The annual Bathing Water report published today shows that in 2020 almost 83% of Europe's bathing water sites are of excellent quality.