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Vaasa’s Green Leaf year turns sustainability into action: quieter, cleaner park maintenance, better cycling, accessible winter routes, youth-led biodiversity work, community participation and green mobility. Together, these initiatives support a healthier environment and a more sustainable future.
The renewed platform represents the next phase of making zero pollution work in practice, focusing on implementation and integrated solutions.
More than 50 high-level water sector experts gathered in Brussels, aiming to accelerate action on Europe’s water resilience
The newly released report shows that this important but often-overlooked group of pollinators is under increasing pressure.
An assessment of plastic waste exports to Türkiye has also been released.
The Commission adopted a report concluding that current EU battery recycling targets for efficiency and material recovery remain appropriate.
The funded research projects will produce actionable knowledge to drive nature-positive transformative change and reverse biodiversity decline.
Grazing cattle and ponies using a rewilding approach could lower tick densities and disease hazard, a study in a UK Lyme disease hotspot found. With few strategies to cut tickborne illness, the work offers a potential starting point.
Encouraging people to grow vegetables in their gardens could both improve garden biodiversity and foster an environmental consciousness that buffers against biodiversity declines in cities, suggests a study of suburban Paris.
European allotments cool an area estimated at 2.8 times their size, potentially benefiting 4.1 million people. Prioritising allotments in areas of high population density could mitigate urban heat islands.