The Commission has today published reports on the operation of several pieces of climate legislation: the European Climate Law; the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) Directive; the Effort Sharing Regulation; and the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation. These reports are required under the legislation, to provide an overview of how the […]
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Press releasePublished 15 May 2024 ImageCesare Barillà, Climate Change PIX /EEA Climate change is worsening floods, droughts and is reducing water quality, posing an increasing threat to our health, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today. Fast-tracking implementation and better coordination of efforts by governments, water authorities and healthcare providers are urgently […]
Continue ReadingNew report showcases progress and priorities Ahead of the Third Forum of the Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change on 23 May 2024, a new report reveals the progress and priorities for the Mission in its action to tackle climate change. The Activity Report presents success stories, data, insights and innovative Mission Projects that aim […]
Continue ReadingIn this week’s blog post, Jostein Gohli and authors discuss their recent research which explores how climatic and management-related factors influence bark beetle population sizes in boreal forests. The European spruce bark beetle The European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is a notorious tree-killer in spruce-dominated forests. The last 5-10 years it has caused enormous […]
Continue ReadingOur use and management of land is crucial for addressing the global challenge of climate change, both because it functions as a carbon sink that we need to strengthen and as a source of emissions that must be reduced. The EU 27’s net land sink declined by 35% between 2010 and 2021. On 15 May, […]
Continue ReadingFeature image: Invasive Red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) © Alex Caruana Author Alex Caruana shares learnings from their failed attempts to eradicate invasive crayfish from the Fiddien Valley in Malta. Invasive alien crayfish, like the Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), are a major threat to freshwater ecosystems all over the world. They have a significant […]
Continue ReadingPlant enemies like insect herbivores and fungal pathogens eat or degrade plant tissue. How does this affect performance? Photo: Josh Brian We are invasion biologists, studying how and why species become invasive. One of the biggest hypotheses in our field is the ‘enemy release hypothesis’, which says that species become invasive because they escape from […]
Continue ReadingTo cut emissions, last year, the European Union adopted a law to make all new cars and vans sold in Europe zero-emission from 2035. Already in 2023, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were the most popular alternative to petrol and diesel cars, representing more than 14.6% of all new cars sold in the EU. Plug-in hybrid […]
Continue ReadingMelia Nafus summarises how, alongside colleagues, they applied an Adaptive Resource Management process across three field phases of snake removal. This enabled an evaluation of whether eradication was achievable and whether it was necessary to achieve an avian response. Invasive snakes Invasive species, particularly predators, harm natural ecosystems and are a leading driver in global […]
Continue ReadingSybryn L. Maes explains how they, alongside colleagues, developed an Explore Before You Restore framework, and illustrates how these concepts may impact restoration outcomes by influencing degradation and recovery trajectories. To help restore ecosystems, we, a group of international experts in resilience & restoration, propose using a new framework called Explore Before You Restore (EBYR) […]
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