This Staff Working Document accompanies and supports the European Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on learning for environmental sustainability, adopted in January 2022. It provides detail on the concepts and recommendations put forward in this new initiative and ...

The Bioeconomy emerges as an opportunity towards more economic, social and environmental sustainability, becoming a priority for many countries, including the European Union and its Member States. According to the definition in the European Union strategy, the Bioeconomy includes...

The objective of the Council Directive 91/271/EEC or Directive concerning urban waste water treatment (also known as the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive or UWWTD) is to protect the environment from the adverse effects of discharges of both urban waste water from settlement ...

This report is the fourth release of the Smart Grid Laboratories Inventory. It presents aggregated information about smart grid research topics and shows the tendencies of the research community. It shows information about the technologies used and also gives more detailed inform...

The year 2021 was the first of implementing the EEA-Eionet strategy 2021-2030. During the year, the EEA played a key role in supporting environmental and climate actions responding to European policies, the European Green Deal (EGD) and the proposal for the Eighth Environment Act...

This report is the final report for the ‘study on the establishment of a European Audit Capacity to ensure compliance and effective national control and enforcement of the REACH Regulation, on standards for national official control and enforcement systems for the REACH Regulatio...

As the green transition creates new skill needs across sectors and occupations, implications for preparing, reskilling and upskilling the workforce emerge for vocational education and training. Apprenticeships can help by providing opportunities to young people, as well as adults...

Self-regulatory initiatives under the Ecodesign Directive, including voluntary agreements offered as unilateral commitments by industry, can enable quick progress due to rapid and cost-effective implementation, and allows for flexible and appropriate adaptations to technological ...

Los ecosistemas saludables juegan un papel sumamente importante para la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático – por ende, la gobernanza de los recursos naturales es cada vez más importante y evidencia sus vínculos cercanos para el logro de las metas de las NDC. La buena gob...