Events

This policy insight, organised by Friends of Europe together with the European Environment Agency (EEA), offers a check-up on the state of our environment, taking stock of the progress made this past year and identifying key milestones to be achieved in 2025 for Europe to meet its ambitious targets. The EEA's Executive Director, Leena Ylä-Mononen, will be among the featured speakers.

EEA will present the key findings of its forthcoming major new EEA report 'Europe's state of water 2024: the need for improved water resilience' .

The EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) is convening its' 4th Stakeholder Forum , an annual event organised by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) whose purpose is to actively engage and exchange with the soil community, from policy makers and scientists to local actors, civil society representatives and citizens.

The conference aims to bring together experts from various fields to discuss how Earth observation can enable continuous, large-scale monitoring, offering timely and accurate data in the EU context.

Hosted by the EEA and the European Centre for Governance in Complexity (ECGC), this webinar followed the launch of the EEA report ‘ Governance in Complexity: Sustainability Governance under Highly Uncertain and Complex Conditions ’ with a panel debate with four distinguished panellists around the systemic and complex nature of sustainability challenges and the knowledge and governance responses needed to deal with them

Experts from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), European Environment Agency (EEA), and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provide the scientific community with crucial updates on their research needs.

The 2024 EU Green Week is part of #WaterWIseEU , a campaign to stimulate an EU-wide conversation around water today and in the future. The campaign aims at fostering awareness and promoting positive, collaborative solutions. Organisations across Europe are invited to join the campaign now . Register now for the EU Green Week conference "Towards a water resilient Europe", on 29-30 May in Brussels.

At this event organised by Friends of Europe, Leena Ylä-Mononen , EEA Executive Director, will present the key findings of a new EEA report: “Responding to climate change impacts on human health in Europe: focus on floods, droughts and water quality”, followed by a panel debate.

Eurofound, Cedefop and the EEA are organising a Tripartite Exchange Seminar (TES) to identify the way the green, just transition is dealt with through social dialogue in European countries. It will zoom in on the impact of the green transition on industrial relations, employment, skills, and training needs at national and sectoral level and explore how the green, just transition can become a standard topic of the social dialogue agenda.

The key findings of the first European Climate Risk Assessment, published by the EEA, will be presented at this official inauguration event of the new Belgian Climate and Environment Risk Assessment Center (CERAC).

The world’s leading event for circular economy thinkers, doers and leaders hits Brussels in April 2024, showcasing the most impactful circular solutions from around the world. Online participation is open to everyone.

This high-level conference will bring together researchers, policymakers and relevant stakeholders to reflect on the research needs in the field of climate change and human health.

For the first time ever, we are participating in the Copenhagen Light Festival 2024 through our collaboration with the French artist Simon Chevalier . The installation can be viewed in front of our premises on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Conference of Parties (COP), the United Nations annual summit on the climate crisis, will be held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, this year.

23 and 24 November 2023 — The fourth Clean Air Forum will bring together clean air stakeholders and interested parties from across the European Union including competent authorities of the Member States at all relevant levels, the Commission, the European Environment Agency, industry, civil society, and the scientific community for several days of intense dialogue on main clean air issues.

13 November 2023 — Europe is facing increasingly complex and frequent threats to health and well-being. Many of these threats, including the recent COVID-19 pandemic, serve as a reminder that human health is interconnected with the health of animals, plants, and ecosystems .

25 October 2023, online - This #WRF23 side event organised by the European Environment Agency starts from a key question: how should our monitoring for the circular economy evolve over the next decade?

28 September 2023 — This year’s edition of the Copernicus Land User Event focuses on the topic of Urban Applications. It is one of the main opportunities for all Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) users and stakeholders to meet, share experiences and learn about the latest developments.

20 June 2023 — The European Green Deal aims to transition Europe's economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. How can we ensure that this transition happens in a just and fair way, leaving no one behind? Join us online.

6-7 June 2023 - EU Green Week is an annual event, organised by the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Environment. It brings together different stakeholders interested in the EU's environmental policies. This year's edition will focus, among others, on biodiversity, circular economy and zero pollution.

11 May & 30 May - 2 June - The World Circular Economy Forum 2023 (WCEF2023) will gather together forward-looking thinkers and doers and present the game-changers in the circular economy. The EEA will be presenting its work on circular economy in several side events.

26 April 2023 — The European Environment Agency will present a new briefing and discuss the latest knowledge on how pesticides impact health and ecosystems in Europe during a hybrid event hosted by Sarah Wiener and Anja Hazekamp , members of the European Parliament.

We face challenging times, marked by the impacts of the war in Ukraine, energy security concerns, rising prices, ever more costly climate impacts and an already frail economy recovering from the effects of the pandemic. In this complex picture of multiple crises, how can Europe deliver its ambitious policy goals set under the European Green Deal?