Europe’s Environment 2050: The Challenges in Transition | Leena Ylä-Mononen

Leena Ylä-Mononen is the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA). She has a master’s degree in environmental sciences, specialising in ecotoxicology and chemicals risk assessment and management. Before joining the EEA, Leena was Director General at the Ministry of Environment of Finland, managing the Climate and Environmental Protection Department. Previously, she worked for over 11 years in management positions in the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki. Prior to ECHA, she worked in the European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment, on chemicals and pesticides policy files. Ms Ylä-Mononen has been involved in international cooperation at the Nordic, European, OECD and global levels, and in negotiations and implementation of multilateral environmental agreements on chemicals, waste and climate change.
This talk was given at the EPA’s State of the Environment Conference 2024. The conference explored the key findings and recommendations in the EPA’s flagship report on all aspects of Ireland’s environment. You can read the full report at bit.ly/SOER2024