‘Environmental Atlas of Europe’ unveiled at COP15 In support of
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change taking
place in Copenhagen, the European Environment Agency hosted the
'Bend the Trend' event on Sunday evening to provide a global
climate networking platform and premiere the screening of the
new 'Environmental Atlas of Europe'. The 'Environmental Atlas of
Europe', a joint project of the European Environment Agency
(EEA), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and ESA, is a series
of short films showing the significance of environmental change
depicted in comparisons of stunning satellite images through the
years and the different ways people are responding to these
changes. ESA provided a variety of up-to-date, captivating
satellite images and products from various European satellites.
These range from ship ice roads in the Baltic Sea to the river
systems of Albania, from a gigantic plankton bloom off the Irish
coast to the reduction of agricultural land in south-east
Georgia. Each of thes