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RSS![Casablanca, Morocco, and the wider area in January 2023 (left) and January 2024 (right).](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-02/Casablanca_Copernicus_Sentinel_2_26Jan2023-26Jan2024.png?h=8658c219&itok=Tts7xpnJ)
Severe and prolonged drought events have affected Europe for more than two years and northern Africa for six years, causing water shortages and hampering vegetation growth.
![Clean air and water proposals](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-10/air%20and%20water.jpg?itok=P-1y_doS)
The new law will align 2030 EU air quality standards more closely with the WHO global air quality guidelines.
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The Commission and the European External Action service have launched the second edition of its #ForOurPlanet campaign, taking place from 19 February until 31 March.
![Mercury drops.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-07/GettyImages-97995414.jpg?itok=iXSySepX)
The deal means that the last intentional remaining uses of the harmful chemical will be prohibited, for example, in dental amalgam.
With more than 650 events across Europe, World Wetlands Day is one of the biggest celebrations of nature in the calendar - and two current LIFE projects are making a splash!
![Parc G Valbon aerial view Jean-Louis BELLURGET partement de Seine-Saint-Denis](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-02/Parc_G_Valbon_vue_aerienne___Jean-Louis_BELLURGET__D_partement_de_Seine-Saint-Denis.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=lJYSNcd4)
An exceptional case of how to successfully balance safeguarding biodiversity and managing visitor access in an urban Natura 2000 site, through education, awareness raising and visitor control measures.
![Natura 2k awards ceremony conm group picture](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-05/_HP_5693.jpeg?h=ea95bb15&itok=pr1VfwCw)
Ocean Alive, a Portuguese NGO, has actively and collaboratively engaged the local fishing community, decision-makers and scientists in conserving and restoring threatened seagrass meadows and salt marshes.
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An example where Green Capitals can contribute with their expertise and achieve more visibility is the yearly COP conference.
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The Commission welcomed the provisional political deal reached between the European Parliament and Council on the Commission's proposal revising the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.
![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)
The Commission has adopted new minimum hygiene standards for products that will make water safer to drink.