Ground level ozone (O3) is a harmful air pollutant that can travel long distances from its source. New research has estimated that 56.7% of deaths attributed to this air pollutant in Europe are due to O3 transported from outside the region.
Click here to read the full article!Last night, the winners of the European Green Capital and Leaf 2024 awards were announced at a ceremony in Grenoble, France.
The Commission announced the finalists for the EU Green Capital and EU Green Leaf Awards. The winner will be announced on 27 October in Grenoble.
According to the EEA's European city air quality data viewer, the cleanest cities in Europe in terms of air quality during 2020 and 2021 were Umeå (Sweden) and Faro and Funchal (Portugal). Find the full list in this report.
This project shows four ‘imaginaries’, or scenarios, offering strongly contrasting approaches to achieving Europe’s socio-economic and environmental goals.
As a frontrunner in the sustainable transition, the French city of Grenoble has officially become the European Green Capital for 2022.
Ministers from the 42 Member States of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), gathered in Cairo for the 2nd UfM Ministerial Conference on Environment and Climate Action, agreed on a common agenda to strengthen efforts in tackling the urgent multiple environmental and climate challenges faced by the Euro-Mediterranean region, including marine litter, sustainable waste management, biodiversity loss and air pollution.
On 8 October 2021, at its 48th session, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted Resolution 48/13, officially recognising for the first time that having a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.
