Significant changes in climate are already visible globally, and are expected to become more pronounced in the future. These will lead to wide ranging impacts on the natural and man-made environment across different sectors and regions, which in turn will lead to economic costs. These economic...

EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee and the European Commission’s LIFE Unit have announced the Best LIFE-Environment Projects 2004-2005. The result of the selection, as approved by the LIFE Committee on 28 July 2005, is the 24 projects featured in this publication.

This report assesses the key drivers, environmental pressures and some impacts from the production and consumption of energy, taking into account the main objectives of the European policy on energy and environment including: security of supply, competitiveness, increased energy efficiency and...

The last few years have seen a growing awareness of environmental change and the need for urgent policy action. In 2009 the EEA started to implement its new 5‑year strategy in response to this. The EEA will consolidate and improve the timing, spatial resolution and quality of environmental...