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🌍 Discover long-term global and regional trends in key Climate Indicators in the European State of the Climate 2025. Get insight into temperature, sea surface temperature, sea level, ocean heat content, greenhouse gases, glaciers, sea ice and ice sheets. ⬇️

Adaptation is no longer optional. The EU's agricultural sector must urgently build resilience to extreme weather, invest in biodiversity, and embrace the knowledge embedded in nature itself.

The theme "Plant biosecurity for food security" recognises that protecting plants is protecting people. Biosecurity is the first line of defence: preventing the spread of pests, diseases and invasive species that, combined with climate stress, can overwhelm agricultural systems.

Every year, Europe's fields, orchards and forests face mounting pressure from a changing climate. On International day of plant health, the European Environment Agency joins the global call to protect the living foundation of our food systems: our plants.

What changes now — and why does it matter for human health, ecosystems and Europe’s future water resilience? 👉 Dive into the full story below. linkedin.com/pulse/now-forc…

🌊 PFAS, pharmaceuticals & microplastics are increasingly being detected in Europe’s waters — but today marks an important step forward. New EU rules entering into force on 11 May expand monitoring & control of some of Europe’s most concerning water pollutants for the first time.

Happy Mother’s Day to the ones celebrating today! The EEA is celebrating International Mother’s Day through a collection from its annual photo competitions. Our images highlight some of Europe’s incredible birds (or those that want to be birds😉), caring for their young.

Every spring, millions of birds make extraordinary journeys to breed across Europe. 🐦 This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, the theme "Every bird counts – Your observations matter" puts community science at the heart of conservation. Your observation is part of something bigger. 🌍

Happy Europe Day 🇪🇺🌿 Six decades of working together — and Europe's air is cleaner, its waters better protected, its forests more closely monitored than ever before. EU environmental law delivers. The EEA measures it. #EuropeDay #EEA #CleanAir #GreenEurope

Europe's AI boom is driving a near-doubling of data centre electricity demand by 2030 — and the footprint extends to water use and critical minerals. A new EEA briefing maps the full environmental picture 👉 eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne…

Two new EEA briefings examine the opportunities and risks of AI — from smarter energy systems to rising data centre demand for energy, water and critical raw materials. 🌱 🔗eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne…

Europe is already warming twice as fast as the global average, and at least 95% of the continent experienced above-average annual temperatures in 2025. #ClimateChange is reshaping Europe from the Mediterranean to the far north📍What changes are you seeing where you live?

🌍🔥 Europe is heating up — but not evenly. This map from The European State of the Climate 2025 report shows how the rate of warming varies across the continent, with eastern and northern Europe warming faster than many other regions over the past three decades.

Also the new EU air quality standards applicable from 2030 will require EU member states to maintain and increase measures to address air pollution. Across the majority of Europe air pollution levels also remain above the stricter WHO guideline levels set to protect human health.

But levels of pollutants like particulate matter, benzo(a)pyrene and especially ground-level ozone remain a significant problem. In up to 20% of monitoring stations air pollution is still above current EU air quality standards, especially for smaller particulate matter.

How clean is our air in Europe? 🌬️ According to the latest annual update out today, most air quality monitoring stations in Europe achieve current EU legal standards for key air pollutants which is good news. 💡Find out more: eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne…

On this International Noise Awareness Day, help build awareness by sharing these insights from our recent report on the impacts of noise pollution in Europe: eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne… #NoiseAwarenessDay #environment #mentalhealth

Noise pollution is often overlooked 🔊 considered just an annoyance of everyday life. 🩺 But the long-term impacts of noise on our health and environment are widespread and significant contributing to premature deaths, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mental health issues.

📷 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025 📷 climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en #ClimateChange #EuropeanStateOfTheClimate #ClimateData #Adaptation #Copernicus

The EEA European Climate Risk Assessment identified many of these risks as already critical — and the trajectory is not improving. Understanding this evidence is the foundation for effective policy. Explore EEA's climate indicators, risk assessments and adaptation knowledge[...]

🌡️Record wildfire extent 🌊Record sea surface temperatures ❄️Snow cover 31% below average The European State of the Climate 2025 report, published today by the #CopernicusClimate Change Service (@CopernicusECMWF) and the @WMO, documents a year of climate extremes. (continues)