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Kongens Nytorv 6
DK-1050 København K
Danmark
Tel: +45 33 36 71 00
Fax: +45 33 36 71 99
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European Environment Agency (EEA)

What we do

We provide independent information on the environment, to feed into EU and national policymaking.
With a permanent staff of around 130 and an annual budget of €40m, we provide a wide range of information and assessments on:

the state of the environment
environmental trends, including assessments of economic and social factors putting pressure on the environment
policies and their effectiveness
possible future trends and problems.

Member countries

The EEA currently has 32 members - 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.

Partners

Eionet – the European environment information and observation network (mostly national environment agencies and ministries with some 300 lower-level institutions).

The EEA is responsible for developing Eionet and coordinating its activities.

European topic centres – set up by the EEA to collect, manage and analyse data on:
- water
- air and climate change
- biodiversity
- sustainable consumption and production
- land use and spatial information.
EU statistical office and EU joint research centre
OECD
UN Environment Programme
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
World Health Organization