Publications

EEA Signals 2013 - Every breath we take

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:19:34 +0200

Improving air quality in Europe: Signals 2013 focuses on Europe’s air. This year’s edition tries to explain the current state of air quality in Europe, where they come from, how air pollutants form, and how they affect our health and the environment. It also gives an overview of the way we build our knowledge on air, and how we tackle air pollution through a wide range of policies and measures.

Adaptation in Europe - Addressing risks and opportunities from climate change in the context of socio-economic developments

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:18:32 +0200

This report provides policymakers across Europe, at different levels of governance and stages of policy formulation, with information that can be used to support adaptation planning and implementation. Specific parts of the report are therefore targeted at different audiences.

Monitoring CO2 emissions from new passenger cars in the EU: summary of data for 2012

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:30:00 +0200

The EEA has collected EU Member States' data on passenger car registrations, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 443/2009. All Member States reported information on Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the mass of cars, together with other vehicle characteristics. This data was used to evaluate the performance in 2012 of the new vehicle fleet, and its progress toward meeting the CO2 emissions target of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometre (gCO2/km) by 2015. The current dataset is provisional, and will now be sent for verification to all car manufacturers responsible for cars registered in the EU in 2012.

Achieving energy efficiency through behaviour change: what does it take?

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:01:02 +0200

This report provides a review of available literature on measures targeting consumer behaviour in order to achieve energy savings. It focuses on: Energy efficiency measures and behaviour change; structural factors - such as the impact of liberalisation and the energy mix and energy tariff structures; the rebound effect.

Managing municipal solid waste - a review of achievements in 32 European countries

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:00:00 +0100

Improved waste management is an essential element in efforts to make Europe more resource efficient. One key means of achieving that is by shifting waste management up the waste hierarchy. In recent years these important goals have been integrated into European environmental policy. But national efforts to shift up the waste hierarchy have been under way for longer. Together, these instruments establish a range of waste management targets and broader goals for the years to 2020.

The impact of international shipping on European air quality and climate forcing

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:55:00 +0100

This EEA Technical report provides an overview on the state of knowledge on the impact of international shipping in European waters to air quality and climate change. Based on literature review and model assessment studies information is provided on past and future emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, monitoring of ship emissions, emission mitigation policies and impact on European air quality and radiative forcing.

Biodiversity monitoring in Europe (leaflet)

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:45:00 +0100

The value of citizen science monitoring for biodiversity

Environmental pressures from European consumption and production

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0100

A study in integrated environmental and economic analysis - This report, prepared within the broad framework of EEA work on environmental accounts, presents and describes the tool of environmentally extended input-output analysis and illustrates its potential uses. The report aims to: present the tool of environmentally extended input-output analysis of EE-IOT and assess its potential for answering key SCP policy questions; make use of the tool and the latest data available in Europe to identify the environmental 'hotspots' and leverage points in European consumption and production; and identify weaknesses and potential for improvement in the current application of the tool.

Road user charges for heavy goods vehicles (HGV)

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:00:00 +0100

Tables with external costs of air pollution. In this report, the European Environment Agency (EEA) presents updated estimates of the external costs of air pollution for different categories of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). This report on road transport is a continuation of previous reporting from EEA on estimates for the external costs of air pollution from industrial facilities (EEA, 2011).

Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2012

CHMI (Czech Hydrometeorological Institute) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0100

Overview of exceedances of EC ozone threshold values for April - September 2012

EEA Annual Management Plan 2013

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:16:37 +0100

Annual management plan and work programme for 2013

Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation (flyer)

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:05:00 +0100

Science and the precautionary principle - lessons for preventing harm

Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:05:00 +0100

The 2013 Late lessons from early warnings report is the second of its type produced by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in collaboration with a broad range of external authors and peer reviewers. The case studies across both volumes of Late lessons from early warnings cover a diverse range of chemical and technological innovations, and highlight a number of systemic problems. The 'Late Lessons Project' illustrates how damaging and costly the misuse or neglect of the precautionary principle can be, using case studies and a synthesis of the lessons to be learned and applied to maximising innovations whilst minimising harms.

End-user GHG emissions from energy: Reallocation of emissions from energy industries to end users 2005-2010

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:55:00 +0100

The objective of this report is to help improve the understanding of past GHG emission trends in the energy sector from the demand or end-user side. To do this, the report develops a methodology to redistributes emissions from energy industries to the final users (by sector) of that energy. This reallocation is done on the basis of Eurostats energy balances and GHG inventories for the energy sector as reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), for the period 2005-2010.

The impacts of invasive alien species in Europe

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:00:00 +0100

Biological invasions are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. Invasive alien species (IAS) may have far-reaching and harmful effects on the environment and natural resources for generations. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness among key stakeholders, decision-makers, policymakers and the general public about the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of IAS. Twenty-eight dedicated species accounts are provided to highlight the various types of impacts. These species accounts are based on thorough, up-to-date scientific information from recent research and studies, and highlight the multifaceted impacts of IAS at both the global and regional levels.

Publications

EEA Signals 2013 - Every breath we take

Adaptation in Europe - Addressing risks and opportunities from climate change in the context of socio-economic developments

Monitoring CO2 emissions from new passenger cars in the EU: summary of data for 2012

Achieving energy efficiency through behaviour change: what does it take?

Managing municipal solid waste - a review of achievements in 32 European countries

The impact of international shipping on European air quality and climate forcing

Biodiversity monitoring in Europe (leaflet)

Environmental pressures from European consumption and production

Road user charges for heavy goods vehicles (HGV)

Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2012

EEA Annual Management Plan 2013

Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation (flyer)

Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation

End-user GHG emissions from energy: Reallocation of emissions from energy industries to end users 2005 -2010

The impacts of invasive alien species in Europe

End-user GHG emissions from energy: Reallocation of emissions from energy industries to end users 2005-2010