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How much bioenergy can Europe produce without harming the environment?: The purpose of this report is to assess how much biomass could technically be available for energy production without increasing pressures on the environment. As such, it develops a number of environmental criteria for bioenergy production, which are then used as assumptions for modelling the primary potential. These criteria were developed on a European scale. Complementary assessments at more regional and local scale are recommended as a follow-up of this work.
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Annual European Community greenhouse gas inventory 1990-2004 and inventory report 2006: Located in Publications
Energy and environment in the European Union - Tracking progress towards integration: Indicator-based report to measure progress of environmental integration within the energy sector.
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Understanding climate change — SOER 2010 thematic assessment: Average global air and ocean temperatures are rising, leading to the melting of snow and ice and rising global mean sea level. Ocean acidification results from higher CO2 concentrations. With unabated greenhouse gas emissions, climate change could lead to an increasing risk of irreversible shifts in the climate system with potentially serious consequences. Temperature rises of more than 1.5–2 °C above pre-industrial levels are likely to cause major societal and environmental disruptions in many regions. The atmospheric CO2 concentration needs to be stabilised at 350–400 parts per million (ppm) in order to have a 50 % chance of limiting global mean temperature increase to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels (according to the IPCC in 2007, and confirmed by later scientific insights).
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Thematic assessments
Mitigating climate change - SOER 2010 thematic assessment: The EU emitted close to 5 billion tonnes (Gt) of CO2-equivalent emissions in 2008. It contributes today around 12 % of annual global anthropogenic direct greenhouse gas emissions. The EU is making good progress towards achieving its emission reduction targets. A rapid, sustained and effective transition to a low carbon economy is necessary to mitigate climate change and to meet global greenhouse gas emission targets.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Thematic assessments
Urban - key fact 2: Cities emit 69 % of Europe's CO2.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › … › Urban environment - SOER 2010 thematic assessment › Key facts
Air pollution - Drivers and pressures (Finland): Air pollution - Drivers and Pressures
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Country assessments › Finland
Costs for going beyond 140 g/km: The figure shows costs and the reduction potential of different kinds of measures for the passenger car vehicle fleet (new + existing), ranging from technological fuel efficiency measures for new cars to eco-driving
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CO2 emissions from new passenger cars: ACEA: European automakers association
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Apparent steel consumption, imports of iron and steel, and CO2 emissions from metal production, EU-15 1995-2001: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs