Publications

EEA Annual Accounts for the year 2010

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Annual accounts for the European Environment Agency, financial year 2010

Environmental tax reform in Europe: opportunities for eco-innovation

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0100

Environmental policy instruments are frequently characterised as obstacles to economic activity but environmental taxes can, in fact, be the opposite — serving as catalysts for the creativity that underpins thriving economies.

Environmental tax reform in Europe: implications for income distribution

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0100

Although environmental tax reforms (ETR) tend to improve incomes across society, they can have mild regressive impacts in that richer households gain more than poorer ones. Care is needed to design ETRs in ways that ensure that certain groups are able to benefit equally. ETR's overall benefits for the economy, environment and society are potentially significant. ETR should therefore be regarded as a key element in the policymaking toolkit for shifting to a green economy.

EEA Annual management plan 2012

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:45:00 +0100

Annual management plan and work programme for 2012

Green infrastructure and territorial cohesion

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0100

The concept of green infrastructure and its integration into policies using monitoring systems

Forests, health and climate change

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:35:00 +0100

Urban green spaces, forests for cooler cities and healthier people

End-user GHG emissions from energy

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0100

Reallocation of emissions from energy industries to end users 2005–2009

Earnings, jobs and innovation: the role of recycling in a green economy

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:05:00 +0100

This short report explains the role of recycling in the green economy and examines the evidence of its contribution in Europe, focusing primarily on the economic benefits that recycling offers.

Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0100

This European Environment Agency (EEA) report assesses the damage costs to health and the environment resulting from pollutants emitted from industrial facilities. It is based on the latest information, namely for 2009, publicly available through the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR, 2011) in line with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Aarhus Convention regarding access to environmental information.

Air pollution impacts from carbon capture and storage (CCS)

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:50:00 +0100

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).

Laying the foundations for greener transport — TERM 2011: transport indicators tracking progress towards environmental targets in Europe

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:00:00 +0100

For the first time ever the European Commissions is proposing a greenhouse gas emissions target for transport. But how is transport going to provide the services that our society needs while minimising its environmental impacts? This is the theme for the Transport White Paper launched in 2011. TERM 2011 and future reports aim to deliver an annual assessment on progress towards these targets by introducing the Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism Core Set of Indicators (TERM-CSI). TERM 2011 provides also the baseline to which progress will be checked against, covering most of the environmental areas, including energy consumption, emissions, noise and transport demand. In addition, this report shows latest data and discuss on the different aspects that can contribute the most to minimise transport impacts. TERM 2011 applies the avoid-shift-improve (ASI) approach, introduced in the previous TERM report, analysing ways to optimise transport demand, obtain a more sustainable modal split or use the best technology available.

Air quality in Europe — 2011 report

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0100

The annual report 'Air quality in Europe' summarises the most recent evaluation of Europe’s air quality status. It is mainly based on air quality measurement data that have been made available officially by 32 EEA member countries as well as 6 EEA cooperating countries. The report includes maps and analyses of air quality status over the calendar year 2009. It also analyses air quality trends over the past years. The evaluation of the status and trends of air quality is based on ambient air measurements, in conjunction with reported anthropogenic emissions. The report summarizes the main effects of different air pollutants on human health, the environment and the climate. An overview of policies and measures at European level is also given for each pollutant. This report reviews progress towards meeting the requirements of the two air quality directives in force as well as the air quality guidelines set by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report is produced in support of European and national policy development and implementation in the field of air quality. It also supports air quality management and informs the general public on the current status and trends of air quality in Europe.

COPERT 4 — Estimating emissions from road transport

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:44:37 +0100

COPERT 4 (COmputer Programme to calculate Emissions from Road Transport) is a Microsoft Windows® application to calculate emissions from the road-transport sector.

An experimental framework for ecosystem capital accounting in Europe

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:39:15 +0100

This report presents an overall experimental framework for ecosystem capital accounting. It is based on the to implement simplified ecosystem capital accounts for Europe as a 'fast-track' initiative launched by the European Environment Agency in 2010. The experimental framework highlights accounting balances and relationships between accounting tables and systems as well as key indicators and aggregates that describe economy ecosystem interactions. Ecosystem accounts are being developed as part of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts which aims at supplementing the UN System of National Accounts with information on the environment and natural capital.

BLOSSOM — Bridging long-term scenario and strategy analysis: organisation and methods

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:42:12 +0200

A cross-country analysis