09 Jun 2020
Energy security in the EU is a priority of the European Commission (EC). However, at present, energy-related policies do not account for the use of water as a resource — and water is becoming increasingly scarce as a result of human activity. This study provides a detailed assessment of the water footprint (WF) of the […]
26 May 2020
Environment Agency – weekly rainfall – the emerging dry spring contrasts sharply with the very wet early start to the year. From black (the new high level) to red EU Parliament approves increases in water re-use Water scarcity is affecting more and more EU countries More water reuse expected to alleviate the stress on freshwater […]
26 May 2020
EU ‘ BIODIVERSITY – THE NEED FOR URGENT ACTION From the world’s great rainforests to small parks and gardens, from the blue whale to microscopic fungi, biodiversity is the extraordinary variety of life on Earth. We humans are part of, and fully dependent on, this web of life: it gives us the food we eat, […]
24 May 2020
The EU Biodiversity Strategy ’Bringing nature back into our lives’ is part of the European Green Deal, the roadmap for making the EU’s economy more sustainable. The strategy proposes actions and commitments to halt biodiversity loss in Europe and worldwide by 2030. Click here They include: Establishing a larger EU-wide network of protected areas on […]
12 May 2020
11 May The EU Water Alliance is proud to release today its new Manifesto which aims to highlight the pressing water challenges Europe faces and to set out the key actions required to overcome them. Water issues are set to become the most pressing challenge for Europe in the coming years, as underlined by the recent 2020 UN […]
23 Jan 2020
European Union: Executive summary This fitness check is a comprehensive policy evaluation of the following directives: – the Water Framework Directive (WFD); – the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD); – the Groundwater Directive (GWD); – the Floods Directive (FD). It assesses whether the Directives are fit for purpose by examining their performance against five criteria […]
07 Dec 2019
The European Commission said today that it will not take emergency measures this winter to tackle the tragic death of dolphins caught in fishing nets. Last winter, around 1200 cetaceans – almost all identified as common dolphins – washed ashore along the French Atlantic coast. 85 percent of these dolphins died after being caught up in […]
28 May 2019
22 May 2019 Watch the Video The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee takes evidence from the bodies responsible for enforcing fisheries legislation in England and Scotland. Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (HTML) Report: Fisheries: implementation and enforcement of the EU landing obligation (PDF) ( PDF 618 KB) Parliament TV: Implementation […]
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