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Basic information
What is the European Environment Agency (EEA)?
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an independent agency of the European Union that provides information on the environment. It was established in 1990 to help EU countries make better decisions about the environment.
What do they do?
The EEA collects data on the environment from across Europe. It then analyzes this data and produces reports and other information products that are available to the public. The EEA also provides support to EU countries in developing and implementing environmental policy.
What are their responsibilities?
The EEA's responsibilities include:
- Collecting and analyzing data on the environment
- Producing reports and other information products on the environment
- Providing support to EU countries in developing and implementing environmental policy
- Promoting cooperation on environmental matters between European countries
- Raising awareness of environmental issues among the public and decision-makers
Headquarters address
The EEA's headquarters is located at:
- Kongens Nytorv 6
- 1050 Copenhagen K
- Denmark
Date of foundation
The EEA was established in 1990.
Who is leading the organization?
The EEA is led by the Executive Director, who is currently Hans Bruyninckx. The Executive Director is responsible for the overall management of the agency.
Number of employees
The EEA has around 500 employees.
What type of data do they provide as open data?
The EEA provides a variety of data as open data, including:
- Policy documents
- Statistics
- Data on the environment
Write all the details about the data sets they provide as open data
The data sets that the EEA provides as open data are available on the EEA's open data portal. These data sets include information on:
- Air quality
- Water quality
- Soil quality
- Biodiversity
- Waste
- Noise
- Climate change
- Natural hazards
- Chemicals
- Energy
- Transport
What is their goal regarding open data?
The EEA's goal regarding open data is to make environmental data more accessible and reusable for citizens, businesses, and researchers. By making environmental data more accessible, the EEA hopes to promote innovation and environmental protection.
In what formats do they provide open data?
The EEA provides open data in a variety of formats, including:
- CSV
- JSON
- XML
- HTML
Conclusion
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an independent agency of the European Union that provides information on the environment. It was established in 1990 to help EU countries make better decisions about the environment. The EEA collects data on the environment from across Europe and then analyzes this data and produces reports and other information products that are available to the public. The EEA also provides support to EU countries in developing and implementing environmental policy. The EEA's goal regarding open data is to make environmental data more accessible and reusable for citizens, businesses, and researchers.
Detailed information
Name
European Environment Agency (EEA)
Established
1990
Headquarters
Copenhagen, Denmark
Executive Director
Hans Bruyninckx
Number of employees
500
Open data
Yes
Data types
Policy documents, statistics, data on environment
Data sets
Over 3,000 data sets
Goal
To provide independent and reliable information on the environment to support decision-making in Europe
Formats
CSV, JSON, XML
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EEA reference grid for Gibraltar (10km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EIONET river basin district and river basin district sub-units - Web Service Open Data
The service contains information on European river basin district and river basin district sub-units
Issued on 2018-09-15
Forest cover loss 2012-2018 in EU, based on Corine Land Cover accounting layers - version 1, Oct... Open Data
This metadata refers to the dataset presenting the area converted from forest cover classes to other
Issued on 2020-10-01
Water Exploitation Index plus (WEI+) at the river basin scale (summer 2015), Apr. 2019 Open Data
This vector dataset presents the Water Exploitation Index plus (WEI+) for European river basin distr
Issued on 2018-10-10T00:00:00Z
Reference Land Cover Change in Kundelungu-Upemba 2000-2016 (vector) - version 1, Nov. 2019 Open Data
This metadata refers to the Land Cover Change vector data generated over Kundelungu-Upemba (Africa)
Issued on 2019-11-14
Urban Morphological Zones 2000 (vector) - version 16, Jun. 2013 Open Data
An urban morphological zone (UMZ) is defined as a "set of urban areas laying less than 200 m apart".
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Reference Land Cover in WAPOK 2017-2019 (vector) - version 1, April 2020 Open Data
This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over WAPOK (Africa) for 2017 in the fra
Issued on 2020-04-20
Percentage of educational facilities in potential flood-prone areas at city level, Jun. 2022 Open Data
This metadata refers to the vector data showing the percentage of educational facilities (schools) p
Issued on 2022-07-01
EEA reference grid for Norway (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EUNIS man-made habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suitability - version 1, Nov. 2021 Open Data
This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS Vegetated man-made habitats types, predicted distribution of
Issued on 2021-11-15
Medium Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: Rate of increase at the start of the season... Open Data
The increase rate, one of the Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (VPP) parameters, is a product o
Issued on 2022-10-10
Corine Land Cover 2006 (raster 100m) - version 2020_20u1, May 2020 Open Data
Corine Land Cover 2006 (CLC2006) is one of the Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets produced within the
Issued on 2019-06-14
European soil database (ESDB), Dominant value rasters - version 2.0, May 2006 Open Data
The European Soil Database (ESDB) contains four discrete datasets: - the Soil Geographical Database
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EEA reference grid for Gibraltar (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EEA reference grid for Italy (10km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EEA reference grid for Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Forest morphological spatial pattern 2015 based on Copernicus HRL Forest products -version 1, Jan.... Open Data
This metadata refers to the dataset providing information about morphological spatial pattern of Eur
Issued on 2021-02-08
Urban Morphological Zones Changes 2000-2006 (vector) - version 16, Jun. 2013 Open Data
Changes between UMZs in 2000 and UMZs in 2006 using CLC version 16. Most changes are Positive change
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EUNIS heathland, scrub and tundra habitat type, predicted distribution of habitat suitability -... Open Data
This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS heathland, scrub and tundra habitat types, predicted distribu
Issued on 2021-11-15
Hydrographical pressure along European coastlines, Jan. 2020 Open Data
This raster dataset presents the number of different hydrographical pressures per grid cell along th
Issued on 2020-01-27
Forest fragmentation in Carpathians (KEO), Oct. 2016 Open Data
The forest fragmentation dataset detects and describes the geometry and the connectivity of forests
Issued on 2016-10-31
EEA reference grid for Cyprus (1km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Urban Atlas - Street Tree Layer 2018 (vector), Feb. 2021 Open Data
The Urban Atlas provides pan-European comparable land use and land cover data for Functional Urban A
Issued on 2020-05-06
EEA reference grid for Portugal (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
CLC 2012 reference land mask (resolution 100m), Jan. 2017 Open Data
The CLC2012 land mask is a dataset derived from CLC2012 intended to be used as a reference dataset f
Issued on 2017-10-01
Management related pressures on forest ecosystems, Dec. 2017 Open Data
Forest management involves various degrees of human intervention to safeguard the forest ecosystem a
Issued on 2017-12-21
High Resolution Layer: Tree Cover Density 2012 (raster 100m), Mar. 2018 Open Data
The high resolution forest product consists of three types of (status) products and additional chang
Issued on 2018-03-22
Soil maps of European Food Safety Authority Data (EFSA), texture class of the topsoil - version 1.0,... Open Data
In the context of Service Level Agreement between JRC and EFSA, a series of datasets have been devel
Issued on
EU-Hydro – River Network Database - version 1.3, Nov. 2020 Open Data
EU-Hydro is a dataset for all EEA38 countries and the United Kingdom providing photo-interpreted riv
Issued on 2019-11-19
EEA reference grid for Switzerland (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Air Quality e-Reporting: Air quality modelling results processed by the EEA (data flow E1b) Open Data
European air quality information reported by EEA member countries, including all EU Member States, a
Issued on 2022-08-05T12:20:18Z
Medium Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: Seasonal amplitude (raster 500m), Oct. 2022 Open Data
The seasonal amplitude, one of the Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (VPP) parameters, is a prod
Issued on 2022-10-10
WISE WFD river basin district and river basin district sub-units reported under Water Framework... Open Data
The service contains information on the European river basin district and river basin district sub-u
Issued on 2019-04-15
Medium Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: Largest value for the fitted function... Open Data
The largest value for the fitted function during the season, one of the Vegetation Phenology and Pro
Issued on 2022-10-10
High Resolution Layer: Dominant Leaf Type 2015 (raster 20m), Apr. 2018 Open Data
The high resolution forest product consists of three types of (status) products and additional chang
Issued on 2018-04-13
High Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: Seasonal Trajectories Quality Flag (raster... Open Data
The Quality Flag of the PPI Seasonal Trajectories is one of the products of the pan-European High Re
Issued on 2021-09-02
Copernicus National Boundary Layer with 250 m buffer, version 3, Jan. 2019 Open Data
For the provision of land monitoring services within COPERNICUS, a consistent, stable, sufficiently
Issued on
EUNIS Littoral biogenic habitat types (salt marshes), predicted distribution of habitat suitability... Open Data
This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS Littoral biogenic habitat (salt marshes) types, predicted dis
Issued on 2021-11-15
Soil maps of European Food Safety Authority Data (EFSA), organic matter content of the topsoil -... Open Data
In the context of Service Level Agreement between JRC and EFSA, a series of datasets have been devel
Issued on
High Resolution Layer: Imperviousness Density 2009 (raster 20m), Apr. 2018 Open Data
The high resolution imperviousness products capture the percentage and change of soil sealing. Built
Issued on 2018-04-06
High Resolution Layer: Tree Cover Change Mask 2012-2015 (raster 20m), Dec. 2020 Open Data
The Copernicus High Resolution Forest Layer Tree Cover Change Mask (TCCM) 2012-2015 raster product p
Issued on 2020-12-10
Combined effects of human activities and pressures on marine species and habitats in Europe's seas,... Open Data
The dataset presents the potential combined effects of human activities and pressures on marine spec
Issued on 2020-06-16
Cropland intensification by management practices in 2010, Nov. 2016 Open Data
The dataset shows the percentage of croplands under high pressure from management practices in 2010.
Issued on
EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens habitat types, predicted... Open Data
This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens ha
Issued on 2021-11-15
Natural susceptibility to compaction for Eurasia, Mar. 2008 Open Data
This map shows the natural susceptibility of agricultural soils to compaction if they were to be exp
Issued on
High Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: season maximum value (raster 10m), Sept. 2021 Open Data
The Season Maximum Value (MAXV), one of the Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (VPP) parameters,
Issued on 2021-09-02
High Resolution Layer: Water and Wetness 2018 (raster 10m) - version 2, Nov. 2020 Open Data
The Copernicus High Resolution Water and Wetness (WAW) 2018 layer is a thematic product showing the
Issued on 2020-08-18
High Resolution Layer: Dominant Leaf Type 2018 (raster 10m), Sep. 2020 Open Data
This metadata refers to the HRL Forest 2018 primary status layer Dominant Leaf Type (DLT). The DLT r
Issued on 2020-09-18
Land cover flows 2000-2018 - version 1.0, Mar. 2020 Open Data
The raster dataset describes land cover flows between 2000-2018. The Land Cover Flows summarize and
Issued on 2020-03-12
EEA marine assessment grid, Jan. 2017 Open Data
This metadata refers to the EEA marine assessment grid, to which all data and assessment results hav
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High Nature Value Farmland - Important Bird Areas Open Data
The grid contains the reselection of CLC2000 classes in selected Important Bird Areas (resolution 10
Issued on
Europe Seas habitats potentially affected by ship wakes, Jun. 2020 Open Data
This vector dataset represents the benthic broad habitat types in Europe Seas potentially affected b
Issued on 2020-06-16
Urban Morphological Zones 2006 (vector) - version 16, Jun. 2013 Open Data
An urban morphological zone (UMZ) is defined as a "set of urban areas laying less than 200 m apart".
Issued on
Projected change in the percentage of summer days classified as heatwave days between 1951-2000 and... Open Data
This dataset presents the projected changes in the percentage of summer days (May-September) classif
Issued on 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
Climatic suitability index modelling for tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) 2008-2009, Jan. 2020 Open Data
This raster dataset provides the modelling of the climate suitability index values (0-100%) for tige
Issued on 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
EEA reference grid for United Kingdom (10km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Weighted Urban Proliferation (WUP) 2006 (LEAC Grid), Nov. 2016 Open Data
The new urban sprawl metric, named "Weighted Urban Proliferation“ (WUP) is based on the following de
Issued on 2016-12-16
Urban Atlas Change 2012-2018 (vector), Jan. 2021 Open Data
The European Urban Atlas provides reliable, inter-comparable, high-resolution land use and land cove
Issued on 2020-04-16
PM2.5 emissions in European shipping areas in 2019, Mar. 2021 Open Data
This metadata refers to the map showing the PM2.5 emissions from ships in European shipping areas du
Issued on 2021-03-31
LandScan Global Population Database 2012 Open Data
LandScan Global Population Database 2012. Population counts at 30 arc second resolution. Detailed i
Issued on
EEA reference grid for Belgium (10km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EEA reference grid for Bosnia and Herzegovina (1km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EEA reference grid for United Kingdom (1km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Reference Land Cover in Mbam Djerem 2015-2018 (vector) - version 1, January 2018 Open Data
This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over Mbam Djerem (Africa) for 2016 in t
Issued on 2018-01-11
High Resolution Layer: Small Woody Features 2015 (vector), Nov. 2019 Open Data
The HRL Small Woody Features (SWF) is a new Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CMLS) product, which
Issued on 2019-11-06
EEA reference grid for United Kingdom (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
O3, European air quality data for 2016, (interpolated data), Apr. 2019 Open Data
The data set provides concentrations for the air pollutants Ozone (O3) at 1 km grid combining monito
Issued on 2022-03-31
Observed trends in frequency of meteorological droughts (1950-2012; events/decade), Dec. 2016 Open Data
The raster dataset (grid 0.25° x 0.25°) presents the trends in frequency of meteorological droughts
Issued on 2016-12-20T00:00:00Z
Inland coastal zones for accounting derived from Corine Land Cover class 523 (raster 100m), Apr.... Open Data
This dataset is the coastal zone land surface region from Europe, derived from the coastline towards
Issued on
EEA reference grid for Italy (1km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EEA reference grid for Finland (1km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Percentage of working-age population with higher education (2014), Jan. 2019 Open Data
This vector dataset shows the data on 'Persons aged 25-64 with ISCED level 5, 6, 7 or 8 as the highe
Issued on 2019-01-28T00:00:00Z
Projected change in relative sea level (2081-2100), Jul. 2014 Open Data
The raster dataset (1ºx1º) shows the projected change in relative sea level (in metres) in 2081-2100
Issued on 2014-07-25T00:00:00Z
High Resolution Snow and Ice Monitoring: Daily cumulative Gap-filled Fractional Snow Cover (raster... Open Data
The Copernicus Daily Cumulative Gap-filled Fractional Snow Cover (GFSC) product is generated in near
Issued on 2021-09-01
Forest cover loss 2006 - 2012 in EU, based on Corine Land Cover accounting layers - version 1, Oct... Open Data
This metadata refers to the dataset presentsing the area converted from forest cover classes to othe
Issued on 2020-10-01
High Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: start-of-season date (raster 10m), Sept. 2021 Open Data
The Start-of-Season Date (SOSD), one of the Vegetation Phenology and Productivity (VPP) parameters,
Issued on 2021-09-02
Biogeographical regions, Europe 2016, version 1 Open Data
The biogeographical regions dataset contains the official delineations used in the Habitats Directiv
Issued on 2016-01-26
Global Soil Organic Carbon Estimates in subsoil (30 arcsec), Mar. 2012 Open Data
Global estimates of soil organic carbon stocks have been produced in the past to support the calcula
Issued on
pm25, European air quality data for 2018, (interpolated data), Jan. 2021 Open Data
The data set provides concentrations for the air pollutants PM2.5 at 1 km grid combining monitoring
Issued on 2022-03-31
Assessment of contamination status of sediments using CHASE+, Mar. 2019 Open Data
This data set presents the resulting assessment grid (based on the EEA reference grid) with the clas
Issued on 2019-03-21
LandScan Global Population Database 2008 Open Data
LandScan Global Population Database 2008. Population counts at 30 arc second resolution.
Issued on
Population density disaggregated with Corine land cover 2000 Open Data
Raster data on population density using Corine Land Cover 2000 inventory. Data are available at 100
Issued on 2009-09-24
Potential of soils to serve as a soil biodiversity pool, Oct. 2016 Open Data
The dataset illustrates the potential of soils to serve as a soil biodiversity pool. The potential i
Issued on
Corine Land Cover 2000 (raster 100m) - version 2020_20u1, May 2020 Open Data
Corine Land Cover 2000 (CLC2000) is one of the datasets produced within the frame the Corine Land Co
Issued on 2019-06-14
Medium Resolution Vegetation Phenology and Productivity: Plant phenology index (raster 500m), Oct.... Open Data
This metadata refers to the Plant Phenology Index (PPI) dataset, one of the near real-time (NRT) Veg
Issued on 2022-10-10
Average travel time to the nearest hospital in minutes, NUTS3 regions, 2020 Open Data
This metadata refers to the vector dataset presenting, for NUTS3 regions, the average travel time to
Issued on 2022-11-21
Extended wetland ecosystem layer 2018 (raster 100m) version 1, Jul. 2021 Open Data
This metadata refers to the raster dataset that presents the ecosystem wetlands extent in 2018 in Eu
Issued on 2022-06-30
Assessment of contamination status of biota using CHASE+, Mar. 2019 Open Data
This data set presents the resulting assessment grid (based on the EEA reference grid) with the clas
Issued on 2019-03-21
Area inundated with 1m sea level rise, Jan. 2020 Open Data
The dataset shows the percentage of cities' administrative area (core city based on the Urban Morpho
Issued on 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z
High Nature Value (HNV) farmland 2000-2012 changes (100 m), accounting version, Nov. 2017 Open Data
The concept of High Nature Value (HNV) farmland ties together biodiversity to the continuation of fa
Issued on 2017-11-17
EEA reference grid for Greece (1km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
EEA reference grid for Latvia (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Conservation status of species 2001-2006, Jul. 2009 Open Data
Gridded Distribution of Species as reported during the Article 17 of the Habitats Directive (92/43/E
Issued on 2009-07-31
EUNIS Littoral biogenic habitat types (salt marshes), distribution based on vegetation plot data -... Open Data
This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS Littoral biogenic habitat types (salt marshes), distribution
Issued on 2021-11-15
EUNIS coastal habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suitability - version 1, Nov. 2021 Open Data
This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS Coastal habitat types, predicted distribution of habitat suit
Issued on 2021-11-15
Corine Land Cover 2000 (raster 100m) version 20 accounting layer, Jun. 2019 Open Data
The present 100m raster dataset is the 2000 CLC status layer modified for the purpose of consistent
Issued on 2019-07-23
Industrial Reporting under the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU and European Pollutant... Open Data
This metadata refers to the geospatial dataset representing the status of the EEA Industrial Reporti
Issued on 2023-03-07
Reference Land Cover in Luangwa 2015-2018 (vector) - version 1, March 2018 Open Data
This metadata refers to the Land Cover vector data generated over Luangwa (Africa) for 2015 in the f
Issued on 2018-03-16
EEA reference grid for Madeira (100km), May 2013 Open Data
The grid is based on proposal at the 1st European Workshop on Reference Grids in 2003 and later INSP
Issued on 2013-05-21
Combined effects of sea-based pressures on marine species and habitats in Europe's seas, Jun. 2020 Open Data
The dataset presents the potential combined effects of sea-based pressures on marine species and hab
Issued on 2020-06-16
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