http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 7. http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental-tax-reform-in-europe?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic 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. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) resource use green tax green economy social equity environmental tax reform social inequalities environmental taxes household consumption pollution consumer prices energy price 2012-01-09T12:00:00+02:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/signals/signals-2011/galleries/the-forest-rights-act-2014?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic No publisher jaeglmar land use Signals2011 social equity forest conservation agriculture land ownership 2011-06-28T00:00:00+02:00 Eyewitness story http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/europe/urban-environment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The global population is congregating in our cities. Eighty per cent of the world’s estimated nine billion people in 2050 are expected to live in urban areas. Our cities and urban areas face many challenges from social to health to environmental. The impacts of cities and urban areas are felt in other regions which supply cities with food, water and energy and absorb pollution and waste. However, the proximity of people, businesses and services associated with the very word ‘city’ means that there are also huge opportunities. Indeed, well designed, well managed urban settings offer a key opportunity for sustainable living. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) climate change impacts water quality urban sprawl social inequalities soil sealing urban environment welfare education consumption pattern city urban ecosystem air quality green urban areas urbanisation green space housing heat wave flood thematic assessment human health resource efficiency income public space environmental footprint waste water quantity urban noise quality of life sustainable housing public health traffic temperature increase social equity drought cities population SOER2010 sustainable development climate change mitigation urban design climate change adaptation overcrowding urban area pollution 2010-11-28T18:40:00+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/multimedia/interactive/prelude-scenarios/prelude?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic No publisher kuchling HNV population change land use social equity urban sprawl land use changes environmental policy landscape changes scenario studies global trade agriculture high nature value 2009-06-08T11:57:56+02:00 Animation (swf) http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/quality-of-life-in-Europes-cities-and-towns?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic In May 2008, the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities captured the concerns and desires of urban policy‑makers and citizens in the title of its new European Urban Charter: Manifesto for a new urbanity. Like numerous other international and European charters, conventions and declarations, the manifesto describes with some apprehension the 'unprecedented environmental, democratic, cultural, social and economic challenges' facing urban centres and their inhabitants. Our report on quality of life in Europe's cities and towns reiterates these concerns but also unravels the many apparent paradoxes of urban development and the sometimes perplexing realities of urban Europe today. The report defines a vision for progress towards a more sustainable, well‑designed urban future. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) urban EU policies EU cohesion policy consumption city urbanisation quality of life noise human health urban policy social equity climate change air pollution urban lifestyle integrated urban management 2009-05-28T11:41:54+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/scenarios/multimedia/welcome-to-a-prelude-of-europe2019s-future?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic PRELUDE is an EEA project to simulate five contrasting future environmental scenarios for a Europe affected by changing patterns of land use, climate change, agriculture and demographics. The scenarios were created by a group of policy-makers, interest group representatives, experts and independent thinkers from across Europe, combining qualitative analysis and quantitative modelling. This mindstretcher allows you to see how different conditions prompted the various outcomes. No publisher kuchling population change land use urban sprawl scenarios environmental policy social equity scenario studies agriculture land use change 2008-04-25T11:07:21+02:00 Animation (swf) http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_2006_1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) cap and trade fertiliser climate change subsidies recycling economic growth environmental policy agriculture MBI tradable permits market-based instrument green purchasing human health resource efficiency waste biodiversity conservation hidden costs of production pesticide price emission environmental charges liability and compensation schemes environmental taxes energy efficiency social equity congestion charge municipal waste green economy household waste industrial waste pricing policy sustainable consumption and production 2006-01-26T10:00:00+01:00 Publication