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Climate action in Europe: EU ETS emissions see big drop in 2019, latest EEA assessment shows

14.12.2020|Okolje

Greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations covered by the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) dropped by 9.1% in 2019 from 2018 levels, the largest drop in a decade, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing on trends and projections in the EU ETS released today.

WMO supports Virtual High Mountain Summit

11.12.2020|Vreme

The World Meteorological Organization is supporting the First World Virtual High Mountain Summit, which is spearheaded by Colombia. It brings together?more than 50 participants from four continents?from the public and private sectors, academia, and civil society,?to discuss biodiversity and ecosystem services as well as climate variability and change.
The event is organized by Colombia?s Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development and its National Meteorological and Hydrological Service IDEAM. It coincides with International Mountain Day, which is celebrated...

MET Office conducts 2 days training for joint collection of traditional knowledge on weather and climate - Tonga

11.12.2020|Vreme

25th November, 2020?A two-day training, ending today (24 November 2020), has been led by the Tonga Meteorological Services involving staff from the Tonga MET Office, Climate Change Department, the Tonga Broadcasting Commission and Community Elders.?According to the Director, Mr. ?Ofa Fa?anunu said,?? In order for the Tonga MET Office to further improve its service provisions, it plans to implement impact-based forecasting in collaboration with its user sectors and communities to provide action-based information that will boost production, improve safety and contribute to...

MET Office conducts Multi-Hazard Early Warning Policy Consultations in Niuatoputapu and Tafahi - Tonga

11.12.2020|Vreme

10th?December, 2020?The Met Office is completing a series of public consultations with the Communities of Niuatoputapu this week. The consultations are part of the Multi-hazard Early Warning System (MHEW) Component of the Pacific Resilience Project (PREP) for the establishment of a MHEWS Policy for Tonga.?According to the Director of Meteorology, Mr. Ofa Fa?anunu??Cabinet on 18 September 2020 gave approval for a MHEWS Policy to be formulated for Tonga to better guide works associated with Early Warning and Preparedness to natural Disasters. So far we have conducted...

Arctic Report Card confirms climate change disruption

10.12.2020|Vreme

Climate change continues to disrupt the Arctic, with the second-highest air temperatures and second-lowest summer sea ice driving a cascade of impacts, including the loss of snow and extraordinary wildfires in northern Russia in 2020.
This is according to NOAA?s 15th Arctic Report Card, a compilation of original, peer-reviewed environmental observations and analyses by 133 scientists from 15 countries.
The sustained transformation to a warmer, less frozen and biologically changed Arctic remains clear, it concluded.
"Nearly everything in the Arctic, from ice and snow to human activity...

The ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum has issued its seasonal forecast

10.12.2020|Vreme

The ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum has issued its seasonal forecast for the boreal winter monsoon season, December ? January ? February, for Southeast Asia, taking into account the possible influence of the El Ni?o Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) on the climate system over the region.?For the upcoming December- January- February 2020/2021 (DJF 2020/2021) season, near-normal to above-normal rainfall is expected over much of the region (Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and southern parts of Myanmar and Viet Nam). The highest...

National measures to cut air pollution would benefit from stronger links with climate action

10.12.2020|Okolje

European Union (EU) Member States report on their policies and measures to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions separately. A European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, reveals that Member States identify links to climate action in about one third of their reported actions planned to reduce air pollution.

UNEP Emissions Gap report urges “green pandemic recovery”

9.12.2020|Vreme

A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the 2?C goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report finds.
UNEP?s annual?Emissions Gap Report 2020?finds that, despite a dip in 2020 carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3?C this century.
However, if governments invest in climate action as part of pandemic recovery and solidify emerging net-zero commitments with...

Human activities put pressure on every part of Europe’s seas

9.12.2020|Okolje

Many different human activities on land and at sea cause pressures on Europe’s seas. A European Environment Agency’s (EEA) briefing, published today, shows that these pressures have now reached the outermost sea areas and the deepest seafloor. Human activities affect negatively 93 % of Europe’s sea area.

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6.12.2020|Promet

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4.12.2020|Promet

Time efficiency of precipitation real-scene products updated to five minutes - China Meteorological Administration

2.12.2020|Vreme

On November 13, after optimization and upgrading, time efficiency of the precipitation real-scene products of National Meteorological Information Center (NMIC) of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) was updated from 8-10 minutes in the past to five minutes.?The faster the time efficiency of real-scene products, the more benefits of follow-up application and real-time services are. NMIC has combed through each link of real-scene products making, conducted analysis of the whole procedure of data source input, integrated analysis to national-provincial services, focused on the...

Use of climate-warming fluorinated gases continues to drop across EU

1.12.2020|Okolje

Demand for and use of climate-warming fluorinated gases continues to drop across the European Union, according to the latest annual update of EU progress in phasing down the use of F-gases, published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Industry is substituting these F-gases with more climate-friendly products.

EU on track to meet greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy 2020 targets, progress in 2019 shows more ambitious long-term objectives are reachable

30.11.2020|Okolje

Thanks to steady improvements in emission reductions and renewables uptake, the European Union is likely to achieve two of its three 2020 climate and energy targets, namely reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting renewable energy, according to the European Environment Agency's (EEA) Trends and Projections report published today. Achieving the third target — reducing energy consumption — still looks unclear.

European countries taking action on putting in place UN’s environment-related SDGs

30.11.2020|Okolje

A vast majority of the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) 39 member and cooperating countries are putting in action United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those focused on climate action, water and sanitation, and affordable and clean energy, according to a pan-European assessment, published today, of how the SDGs are being implemented.

Predhodno obvestilo o spremembah ureditve prometa na območju mejnega prehoda Karavanke

27.11.2020|Promet

V sklopu gradnje druge predorske cevi in končne ureditve pred predorom Karavanke se bodo izvajala dela tudi na celotnem obstoječem platoju. Zaradi tega se bo tekom gradnje, odvisno od napredovanja del, spreminjal prometni režim in posledično tudi pogoji za izvajanje izrednih prevozov. 

Marked improvement in Europe's air quality over past decade, fewer deaths linked to pollution

23.11.2020|Okolje

Better air quality has led to a significant reduction of premature deaths over the past decade in Europe. However, the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest official data show that almost all Europeans still suffer from air pollution, leading to about 400,000 premature deaths across the continent.

Emerging trends: What are the environmental impacts of artificial meat, delivery drones, blockchain and synthetic biology?

20.11.2020|Okolje

Assessing the environment’s prospects in a fast-changing world requires the consideration of emerging trends. A series of joint European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eionet briefings, published today, explores the potential environmental and policy impacts from four emerging technological innovations.

Still insufficient progress in making transport fuels more climate friendly, latest EEA data show

19.11.2020|Okolje

Achieving the 2020 target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport fuels remains problematic for most European Union Member States according to the latest reported data up to 2018 released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today.

Winners of EEA’s ‘REDISCOVER Nature’ photo competition announced

16.11.2020|Okolje

A praying mantis in Cyprus, a huddle of butterflies resembling a flower, galloping Galician horses and an alpine sunset in Slovakia are the winners of this year’s European Environment Agency’s ‘REDISCOVER Nature’ photo competition announced today.