EU Green Week 2022 News

Issue 603: Researchers have explored the creation and implications of Sweden’s ‘green infrastructure’ policy, an approach identified by the European Commission as a potential strategy to protect biodiversity and create healthy, resilient ecosystems.

Issue 603: Droughts in catchment areas in the Alps affect several major European rivers. This study reports that drops in snowmelt are causing drought to become more common, affecting the timing and characteristics of water shortages downstream.

Issue 603: Sand mining in coastal environments brings huge environmental, social and economic impacts. A study discusses how best to manage these impacts, recommending ‘sand rights’ and use of alternative aggregates and techniques in construction.

Today, new requirements for the safe reuse of treated wastewater in agricultural irrigation become the norm across most of the European Union.

EU Platform members will participate in an event on Co-existence of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe organised jointly between the European Parliament Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside and the Committee of the Regions’ Commission for Natural Resources and the CoR.

Issue 602: An international study assessed the range of Posidonia oceanica (seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean), and associated ecosystem services lost, due to a 90% loss of the seagrass habitat resulting from industrial pollution.

Issue 602: Flooding - the most expensive natural hazard in Europe - is forecast to worsen in the future due to climatic and socio-economic changes.

Issue 602: The cooling effect of trees is well known, but no study has so far aimed to quantify how many premature deaths might be prevented through this ecosystem service.

In episode two, Euronews explores how to sustainably manage forests, reducing their vulnerability to climate extremes and increasing their adaptive capacity.