Accurate and complete environmental information is at the basis of any effective sustainable development policy. This report summarises for the first time the status of air, climate, water and soil in the Western Balkans (WB), describing current knowledge as of 2021 and gaps with...

In 2020, the foresight group within the EEA’s country network (Eionet) initiated ‘Scenarios for a sustainable Europe in 2050’ (SSE 2050). This co-creation project, developed and implemented jointly with the EEA, aims to produce a set of imaginaries offering engaging, plausible an...

The EU wants to take an even more active role in international ocean governance (IOG) by: strengthening the IOG framework at global, regional and bilateral levels; realising ocean sustainability by 2030; making the ocean a safe and secure space responding to growing challenges to...

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 ...

Every year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) publishes a Consolidated Annual Activity Report (CAAR). The CAAR is the EEA’s annual report, providing detailed information on the year’s activities, performance and achievements, as well as operational, budgetary and management r...

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...