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Last weekend, a large-scale beach clean-up took place in Giruliai, attracting over 300 volunteers. Together, they collected 3,500 litres of rubbish. Both adults and schoolchildren participated actively in the initiative.

Oceans and seas across the globe are facing growing pollution, particularly from plastic waste. In Lithuania, however, the extent of this issue has not been well understood—until recently. A newly implemented project has opened the door to more effective monitoring and management of marine litter Plastic waste makes up the majority of marine litter and degrades very slowly.

Lithuania is stepping up its efforts to protect lakes, rivers, and coastal waters with a new digital tool designed to monitor and assess water quality more efficiently. This innovative system allows experts to quickly evaluate the impact of human activities on the country’s water bodies, helping to keep them clean and healthy for future generations. For years, traditional monitoring methods have been slow and incomplete

Lithuania generates around 163,000 tons of hazardous waste every year. If not handled properly, these wastes—such as old electronics, expired medicines, motor oil, paints, chemicals, and construction debris—can pollute soil, seep into groundwater, and harm public health. To tackle this issue, a new online tool has been developed to help businesses, environmental agencies, and residents correctly identi

Today, we face growing environmental and energy challenges that affect our daily lives and the planet’s future. Pollution, climate change, resource depletion, and nuclear safety are pressing concerns that Lithuania, along with other European countries, must address. The Norwegian Financial Mechanism programme “Environment, Energy, Climate Change” was created to help tackle these chal

The Norwegian Financial Mechanism-funded project ‘Improving the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management at the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant’ was started in 2020. The aim was to improve the management, control and prevention of adverse impacts on the environment, ecosystem and population by strengthening the decommissioning system of the nuclear facility at the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP). Several i

By the end of this century, we can expect more heatwaves and tropical nights, longer growing seasons for plants, and fewer cold days. Precipitation will also increase, especially in winter, with more rain and snow, and the Baltic Sea level will rise by 22 to 35 cm. These predictions were shared during a recent event at the Ministry of Environment, titled “Increasing Floods. Storms. Municip

During the decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), particular attention is paid to the safe management of various types of radioactive waste. Furthermore, such projects are also supported by international programmes. The project "Enhancing the safety of radioactive waste management at the INPP", which was largely financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, has been completed.

On April 18, the Fire and Rescue Department (FRD) held a conference in Vilnius to wrap up the project “Development of an early warning system on nuclear emergency of Lithuania”. The project, funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism’s "Environment, Energy, Climate Change" programme, aimed to improve safety for Lithuanian residents in case of a potential accident at the Belarusian Nuclear

The future climate depends largely on the socio-economic development of humanity - how much greenhouse gas emissions will change, how the world's population will change, whether forest cover will increase and what measures countries will take to reduce pollution from their industries, etc.