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Pressures and impacts

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Pressures and impacts

If a water body is identified as failing good status under the Water Framework Directive (WFD), the pressures causing failure must be identified. This enables measures to be taken to reduce or remove pressures which are harming surface water quality…

Significant impacts on groundwater

The Water Framework Directive requires identification of the impacts of pressures acting on a water body. ...

Health impacts and measures in policy

Climate change impacts on water

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Groundwater significant impacts

List and magnitude of impacts on European groundwater bodies, reported by Country for the 3rd RBMP. ...

Adapting the health sector to climate impacts

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This event will explore innovative strategies to enhance the resilience of the health and social well-being sectors in the face of climate change. It will bring together experts, as well as regional and local authority representatives, to discuss the…

Impacts of environmental noise on biodiversity (Signal)

Key messages: Noise pollution potentially disrupts biodiversity, affecting species behaviour, physiology, habitat quality/use and ecosystem functioning. Transportation noise is a major contributor. While EU legislation like the Environmental Noise Di…

Global impacts from European consumption

Global impacts from the EU’s consumption showed some variation during 2010-2022, yet the 2022 value increased by 4% since 2010. ... Rising trends over the past three years indicate challenges ahead in the effort to reduce these impacts in the near future. ... Consuming differently, consuming less and focusing on product eco-design are effective strategies to reduce environmental impacts of consumption. ...

Impacts of air pollution on ecosystems in Europe

This briefing is part of the Air quality in Europe 2024 package and examines how vegetation is exposed to key air pollutants. It is based on data reported by the EEA’s member countries in 2022 and complemented with interpolated maps. The briefing sup…