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Air pollution impacts from carbon capture and storage (CCS): Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) consists of the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plants and/or CO2-intensive industries such as refineries, cement, iron and steel, its subsequent transport to a storage site, and finally its injection into a suitable underground geological formation for the purposes of permanent storage. It is considered to be one of the medium term 'bridging technologies' in the portfolio of available mitigation actions for stabilising concentrations of atmospheric CO2, the main greenhouse gas (GHG).
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Decomposition analyses of the main factors influencing the development of EU-15 CO2 emissions from passenger road transport and freight road transport (1990-2005): Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
CO2 emissions, space heating per m2, climate corrected: 1990 and 2005 data is climate corrected against each country's long-term average climate, whereas the last series is climate corrected and scaled against the EU long-term average climate to account for temperature differences between countries.
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Antarctic temperature change and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (CO2) over the past 800 000 years: The record is derived from several ice cores from the Antarctic ice sheet, some more than 3 km long
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Deep emission cuts give the EU a head start under the Kyoto Protocol: A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that large drop in emissions seen in 2008 and 2009 gives EU-15 a head start to reach and even overachieve its 8 % reduction target under the Kyoto Protocol. Austria, Denmark and Italy, however, need to step up their current efforts until 2012 to ensure that their contribution to the common EU-15 target is delivered. The EEA report also shows that EU-27 is well on track towards achieving its 20 % reduction target by 2020.
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Capturing Carbon: A new front in the fight against climate change: Global warming is one of the biggest issues of our time. To meet the targets set for reducing CO2 emissions, it's widely accepted that new technology will play an important role, sometimes as a "bridging technology", while alternative sustainable energy sources are being developed. One of the most promising technologies is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This a means of capturing CO2 from sources such as power plants, compressing the CO2 and storing it away safely in geological formations underground or under the seabed instead of releasing it into the atmosphere.
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EU greenhouse gases in 2011: more countries on track to meet Kyoto targets, emissions fall 2.5 %: Emissions of greenhouse gases in the European Union (EU) fell on average by 2.5 % from 2010 to 2011, although several countries increased emissions. Almost all European countries are individually on track towards their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol compared to last year, according to two reports published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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CO2 emissions intensity of electricity and heat output: The emissions intensity is the level of CO2, emissions per GWh of electricity and heat produced.
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Annual carbon uptake of the terrestrial biosphere: Note: The biosphere of countries with positive values absorbs more carbon than it emits (carbon sink); those with negative values emit more than they absorb (carbon source).
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EEA: Current EU measures insufficient to prevent further increase of CO2 emissions after the year 2000: Located in Press room › News