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EU Green Week 2022 News (594)
RSSBiodiversity: European Business and Nature Summit to push for global deal for nature at COP15
On 18 and 19 October at the European Business and Nature Summit, European businesses will join the European Commission and partner organisations advocating for an ambitious outcome of the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15.
September 2022 Statistics Release
The EU Ecolabel steadily continues its growth of awarded licenses and product diversification with the inauguration of two new product groups.
Enforcing EU laws: delivering the benefits to citizens
The European Commission adopted a Communication on the enforcement of EU law, setting out its work to ensure that EU law is complied with and citizens and businesses can benefit from the same rights across the EU
E-waste: chemical processing without heat may offer efficient method of recovering metals from end-of-life products
Waste from disposed electrical products – e-waste – is one of the fastest growing solid waste streams.
Retaining deadwood in disturbed forests reduces changes to soil fungal communities and promotes regeneration
Events such as storms that cause significant damage to forest trees have obvious effects above ground. What happens below ground is less apparent, and less studied.
Shifts in distribution of bird species due to climate change may compromise ecosystem services
As species’ ranges shift due to climate change, ecosystems will be altered and may change how they function.
Bird conservation: protected areas are most effective when over 50 hectares in size
Establishing protected areas (PAs) is important for the conservation of species, but more data is needed on their effectiveness.
Expenditure on preventing biological invasions is far below environmental damage costs
Invasive alien species are a major global problem causing substantial environmental and economic damage.
Benefits of agri-environment wildflower areas vary according to the surrounding landscape
Sowing wildflower areas is a common agri-environment measure, however, its biodiversity impacts are disputed.
Estimating environmental damage from key resources required for EU low-carbon transition
Transition to a low-carbon economy will create additional demand for many raw materials, production of which will have a range of environmental impacts.