🌍 EEA at COP31: bringing European knowledge to global #ClimateAction

From 9 to 20 November, the European Environment Agency will be in Antalya for #COP31, contributing our data, knowledge and expertise to the EU negotiation team and the wider global climate discussions.

👉 Follow the events and check the EU Pavilion programme: ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/co…

Follow us here for insights and updates from Antalya.

#EUatCOP31 #ClimateResilience #ClimateNeutrality #EEAatCOP31

🌡️2026 is on course to become only the second calendar year on record to pass 1.5°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels.

According to the @CopernicusECMWF Climate Change Service (C3S), the first ten months of 2026 were the second-warmest on record ...

Across European land areas, temperatures were 2.20–2.29°C higher over the same decade. In 2025, most datasets show Europe had its second-warmest year since instrumental records began; 2.56–2.71°C above pre-industrial levels

📊Explore EEA temperature data: eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/in…

Since the 1970s, global temperatures have risen by about 0.2°C per decade.

🔗 Read the latest C3S climate bulletin: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-te…

#ClimateChange #Copernicus #ClimateData #ParisAgreement

Climate extremes are now a #competitiveness issue for Europe.

This summer, record-low water pushed freight costs on the river up almost eightfold, according to our new briefing on Europe’s critical #infrastructure under #climate stress.

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📈 Industry depends on transport, energy and water systems that are increasingly exposed to climate extremes. Keeping that infrastructure working is thus also a question of Europe’s competitiveness.

🔧 Our briefing sets out 6 lessons for more resilient infrastructure, including:

🔸 planning for future climate conditions rather than past ones
🔸 assessing risks across networks, supply chains and borders
🔸 preparing alternative routes, backup systems and early warning

👉 Read the briefing: eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/pu…

#ClimateResilience

🌍 On this #OneHealthDay, we are highlighting why the health of people, animals, plants and ecosystems cannot be protected in isolation.

The air we breathe, the water we drink and the ecosystems around us all shape our health and well-being ...

Pollution is linked to more than 10% of premature deaths in the EU, while #climatechange is already bringing health threats such as heat, floods and infectious diseases. Biodiversity loss and land-use change may also increase the risk of diseases passing from animals to humans.

🤝 Through the Cross-Agency #OneHealth Task Force, set up in 2023, we work alongside @ECDC_EU, @EU_ECHA, @EFSA_EU and @EMA_News to bring together knowledge and expertise on human, animal, plant and ecosystem health.

👉 Learn more about One Health: eea.europa.eu/en/topics/at-a…

Drought, wildfires and storms also disrupted transport, energy and water supply across Europe this year.

In many cases, impacts spread from one sector to another. Extreme heat amplified by #climatechange cost the EU at least 1% of GDP in 2026, according to our new briefing ...

1.Plan for future climate conditions
2.Assess risks across systems, not only individual assets
3.Stress-test infrastructure
4.Prep alternatives & contingency measures
5.Strengthen coordination btw owners, regulators, authorities
6.Combine near-term fixes with long-term adaptation

Our findings arrive as the @EU_Commission has presented the EU Framework for #ClimateResilience.

📄 Read ‘Europe’s critical infrastructure under climate stress — lessons from 2026’: eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/ne…

💡 Did you know that healthcare accounts for around 5% of total greenhouse gas emissions in Europe? Its climate footprint extends far beyond the energy used in healthcare facilities, and includes transport, medical products, food, services and waste across the wider supply chain.

👉 Explore climate change mitigation in the health sector: climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/observatory…

#ClimateChange #Health #Healthcare #ClimateAction #Decarbonisation #Mitigation #ClimateHealth