Green Forum Website
This statement applies to content published on the domain: ‘https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu"
It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.
This website is managed by the Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including persons with disabilities.
You should be able to:
- zoom up to 200% without problems
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)
This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549 v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.
Preparation of this statement
This statement was reviewed on 26 August 2025.
The statement is based on a review of a representative sample of web pages by an usability and accessibility expert, using a combination of manual and automated testing.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:
- E-mail: ENV-EUROPA
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ENV-EUROPA[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) - Feedback form: Link to feedback form
We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.
Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology
The https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:
- the latest version of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari browsers;
- in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.
Technical specifications
The accessibility of the https://green-forum.ec.europa.eu relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
- HTML
- WAI-ARIA
- CSS
- JavaScript
Non-accessible content
Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of the Green Forum website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.
Known limitations for the Green Forum website:
- Video player – keyboard accessibility: We are aware of some issues with the keyboard accessibility of our video player (when selecting the caption language from the menu, it is not possible to use the arrow keys to move between languages, this can only be done with the TAB key).
- Video captions: Some of our videos do not have captions. We are continuously working on adding them to more videos.
- Audio description: Videos on this website do not have audio description.
- Heading Hierarchy: Some headings do not follow the correct heading hierarchy, which can cause problems for screen reader users. We plan to fix this by the end of 2025.
- Page title: Page titles are not always sufficiently descriptive because they do not include the name of the site. We plan to fix this by end of September 2025.
- Footer: Links in the footer are not always visually distinguishable from ordinary text. We plan to fix this by end of September 2025.
- Animations: Some pages contain animations, such as animated graphs, that cannot be paused, stopped or hidden. We plan to fix this over the course of 2025.
- Interactive maps: interactive maps are not accessible to people with a vision impairment or users who rely on keyboard navigation. We plan to fix this issue in 2025.
- PDF documents: some PDF documents on this website are not fully accessible.