Invasive alien species are a major global problem causing substantial environmental and economic damage.

Abandonment of agricultural areas in Mediterranean Europe can exacerbate fire risk due to increases in natural vegetation.

Specialised public prosecutors from the United States and EU Member States will step up their cooperation to tackle major cross-border and intercontinental environmental crime.

Climate refugia are areas that remain relatively buffered from the effects of climate change over time, enabling them to play a vital role in safeguarding biodiversity.

Studies that observe physical and behavioural changes in wild species over periods of rising temperature rarely evaluate the role of climate change in relation to simultaneous changes of other environmental factors.

Freshwater ecosystems in urban areas face a variety of pressures and are often significantly degraded.

Models used to assess climate-change mitigation pathways rely on assumptions about the relationships between different factors – such as economic growth and climate warming.

The EU aims to achieve ‘good’ environmental status in marine areas across all Member States. This study assesses protected and non-protected sites in the Mediterranean Sea according to key ecological indicators.

Torres Vedras snatched the title of European Green Leaf in 2015. Now, the city is continuing to realise innovative environmental actions as a Green City Accord signatory.