News 2021

Fireworks regularly cause high concentrations of fine particulate matter, noise and additional waste on New Year’s Eve.

In order to enable machines to identify global bird sounds in future, your help is needed! Contribute by recognizing who is chirping and whistling!

Dare to Connect project: Experts from the Danube region have developed strategies to better connect protected areas and habitats on the Green Belt.

The winning pictures of the “Climate Change PIX” photo competition by the European Environment Agency are selected.

Project for more people cycling in the Danube region awarded with Austria's largest competition for sustainable transport and mobility

From Austria to the World: Environment Agency Austria's know-how in the field of efficient waste management on demand in Jordan.

The Environment Agency Austria strengthens authorities in laying the foundations for EU-compliant waste management.

Montenegro is updating its air emissions inventory. In this, the EU candidate country is getting support from the Environment Agency Austria.

43 finalists are hoping for your vote in EEA’s photo competition. The winner receives the Public Choice Award.

The project European Union Water Initiative Plus has been setting new standards in water resources management. New maps show key regional milestones at a glance. 

The Umweltbundesamt, the Environment Agency Austria, provides support for the development of regional policies to address marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia.

A new report provides an overview of national, regional and international actions addressing emissions of black carbon in the Arctic. 

The current bathing water report of the European Environment Agency shows that 97.7% of the bathing waters in Austria are classified as "excellent" in 2020.

In the LIFEPLAN project, the current state of biodiversity is being recorded for the first time worldwide according to harmonised standards. Austria participates with three study sites.

The EEA photo competition aims to capture climate change and our response to it. Send your best photos by 1 August 2021.

35 years after the most serious accident in the history of European nuclear energy, the effects on the environment are still present.

Better analytics for better monitoring: The EUWI+ project is laying the foundations for improved water resource management in the eastern EU neighbourhood.

Environment Agency Austria leads EU-funded project for the implementation of the Paris Agreement in the Western Balkans and in Turkey.

Since the 1960s, European brown hare populations in various European countries including Austria and Germany have experienced a severe decline.

Project completion ushers in a new era for water resources management in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine.

The latest results of Austria’s Annual Air Emission Inventory show a decrease in the emissions of all these air pollutants for 2019.

Umweltbundesamt developed proposal to enhance minimum standards for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment

From 2018 to 2019, emissions increased by 1.5 %, according to the official figures of the Umweltbundesamt.

Cycling is a key part of a multi-modal transport system. Decision-makers now have the chance to include it in national recovery plans.