European Environment Agency

⏰ We are reaching the limits of what the Paris Agreement set out to avoid. The latest data show that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are now very close to the level compatible with keeping global warming below 1.5 °C. In simple terms: the buffer is almost gone. This does not mean 1.5 °C is already lost. But it does mean that every delay makes the task harder, more expensive and more disruptive — for people, economies and nature. Rapid and sustained emission cuts are no longer a future ambition. They are a present-day necessity. #ClimateChange #ParisAgreement #1point5 #ClimateAction #ScienceBasedPolicy

🗣️ Have your say on Europe’s climate-resilient future. One month left. Climate risks affect all of us — where we live, how we work, how we stay healthy, and how our communities function. Designing effective responses means listening not only to experts, but to people’s everyday experience across Europe. At the European Environment Agency, we support climate resilience by providing evidence on risks, vulnerabilities and preparedness — helping turn experience and data into better decisions. This public consultation by EU Environment and Climate is an opportunity for everyone to contribute to shaping future EU action on climate resilience. 🕒 Open until 23 February 2026. #ClimateResilience #YourVoiceMatters #ClimateAdaptation #EUClimate #Preparedness

🌡️ How is #ClimateChange affecting Europeans — and how prepared are we? Join us online on 4 February for the launch of a new joint report by the EEA and Eurofound that offers the first Europe-wide snapshot of how people and local authorities are experiencing climate impacts and building resilience. 🌍Across Europe, most people have already felt the effects of extreme weather — heatwaves, floods, storms — and many are highly concerned about future impacts. Yet the new report shows that preparedness remains limited, and resilience varies significantly between regions and population groups. Drawing on insights from 27,000 respondents in the 2025 Eurofound e-survey, the report provides: 🔹 A unique look at Europeans’ lived experience of climate impacts. 🔹 Levels of concern and preparedness across countries and demographics. 🔹 The first EU-wide overview of resilience measures at household and local authority level. 🔹 Insights into which groups are most vulnerable — and why. Speakers at event: 🎤 Sasha Mosky, Climate Change Consultant, European Climate and Health Observatory 🎤 Michele C. Research Officer, Eurofound 🔗 Participation is free — registration here is required: https://lnkd.in/exDuNxrz #Europe #Climate #Resilience #Adaptation

🔍 As of 1 January, managing Europe’s major accidents data is part of the EEA’s role From 1 January, the European Environment Agency is responsible for Europe’s Major Accidents Reporting System (eMARS). The system covers major industrial accidents, as well as near misses and other relevant events, helping authorities and practitioners learn not only from accidents, but also from early warning signs. This role includes: • hosting and maintaining the EU-level database • supporting consistent reporting across countries • enabling analysis, learning and prevention This responsibility comes in the year marking 50 years since the Seveso industrial accident, when a chemical release in northern Italy exposed thousands of people to dioxin. The disaster became a turning point for industrial safety in Europe and led to the Seveso legislation, which still underpins how major industrial risks are managed today. Learning from accidents and near misses is not about the past. It is about preventing the next one.

📢 Today, the EU renews a key pillar of its sustainable finance architecture. The European Commission has launched today the third mandate of the Platform on Sustainable Finance, strengthening the advisory work behind Europe’s sustainable finance framework. The European Environment Agency is proud to be part of this platform, contributing environmental data, indicators and scientific assessments that help ensure sustainable finance is grounded in evidence. As work continues on refining the EU Taxonomy and improving its usability, solid environmental knowledge is essential to guide financial flows towards activities that genuinely support Europe’s climate and environmental objectives. This is where environmental science helps shape smarter financial decisions for Europe’s transition. 👇 Read more about it at the link in the comments. #SustainableFinance #EUTaxonomy #GreenTransition #ScienceForPolicy #EEA

💶 Climate resilience is not a cost. It is a competitiveness strategy. Extreme weather already costs Europe €40–50 billion every year. Those losses will grow unless we act. A new EEA briefing shows that making agriculture, energy and transport climate-resilient pays off: • These sectors are among the most exposed to climate risks • Targeted adaptation investments can avoid much higher future losses • Every euro invested in resilience delivers multiple euros in economic benefits Climate-proofing Europe’s economy is not about risk avoidance alone. It is about protecting productivity, safeguarding infrastructure, and strengthening long-term competitiveness in a warming world. The evidence is clear: delaying action costs more than investing early. 🔗 Read the briefing: Making agriculture, energy and transport climate resilient: how much money is required and what will it deliver? - https://lnkd.in/dFivD3fW #ClimateAdaptation #Competitiveness #ClimateResilience #SustainableEconomy #EvidenceBasedPolicy

🌍 What European cooperation looks like in practice #europesenvironment2025 was launched at the end of September with a clear ambition: to provide a shared, evidence-based understanding of Europe’s environmental challenges and progress. A key expression of that ambition is the country profile space. These profiles bring together European-level data and national expertise to create comparable, country-specific snapshots of environmental, climate and socio-economic trends across EEA member and cooperating countries. What they demonstrate: 🔹 Trust in shared data – using common EEA and Eurostat indicators 🔹 Respect for national perspectives – co-created with countries through Eionet 🔹 Strength in cooperation – learning from differences, grounded in evidence This is European cooperation at its best: countries working together, speaking a common data language, while retaining their own voices.

As we enter a new year, we at the EEA continue to provide insights into the state of Europe’s environment. 🌱 Before getting busy with diving into data and reports for this year, we are curious to take the temperature at the start of 2026. Don’t see your view reflected in the options? Tell us how you feel in the comments. 👇

Webinar alert 📣 Justice in biodiversity transitions: Insights from Europe - Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Join us to explore how justice considerations play a role in efforts to change and improve biodiversity-related practices and policies in Europe. Drawing on three case studies — nature-inclusive agriculture in the Netherlands, continuous cover forestry in Finland, and nature-based health initiatives in Belgium — this session will highlight what justice looks like in real decision-making and implementation processes, and how it influences attempts to shift systems toward more nature-positive outcomes. 🌿   We will also share insights from our analysis of EU-level biodiversity policies. Through a panel discussion, we will reflect on how these findings can support more just approaches to biodiversity transitions. Who should attend? 👤 The session is aimed at policymakers, researchers, and practitioners of all experience levels who are engaged in or curious about just transitions and biodiversity-related transformation. Programme CET (UTC+1) 🗓️ - 14.00-14.05 welcome, Aniek Hebinck, senior advisor / DRIFT for transition - 14.05-14.20 presentation: Talk about justice: real-world examples of justice in biodiversity transitions, Thomas Fransen, researcher & advisor and Symke Nieboer, researcher & advisor / DRIFT for transition - 14.20-14.50 panel discussion: Putting justice into practice? Panel reflections from the EU policy and local practitioner level - 14.50-15.10 questions - 15.10-15.15 closing Save the webinar to your calendar: https://lnkd.in/dxENMPaV More information:  https://lnkd.in/dr--wPRv #BiodiversityNexus #Webinar #Research #TransformativeChange