Publications

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.

Air quality in Europe — 2012 report

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:00:00 +0200

This report presents an overview and analysis of the status and trends of air quality in Europe based on concentration measurements in ambient air and data on anthropogenic emissions and trends from 2001 — when mandatory monitoring of ambient air concentrations of selected pollutants first produced reliable air quality information — to 2010.

European Union emission inventory report 1990–2010 under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +0200

This document is the annual European Union emission inventory report under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). The report and its accompanying data are provided as an official submission to the secretariat for the Executive Body of the LRTAP Convention by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union. The report is compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

The impacts of endocrine disrupters on wildlife, people and their environments – The Weybridge+15 (1996–2011) report

Academy of Finland — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:00 +0200

Rates of endocrine diseases and disorders, such as some reproductive and developmental harm in human populations, have changed in line with the growth of the chemical industry, leading to concerns that these factors may be linked. For example, the current status of semen quality in the few European countries where studies have been systematically conducted, is very poor: fertility in approximately 40 % of men is impaired. There is also evidence of reproductive and developmental harm linked to impairments in endocrine function in a number of wildlife species, particularly in environments that are contaminated by cocktails of chemicals that are in everyday use. Based on the human and wildlife evidence, many scientists are concerned about chemical pollutants being able to interfere with the normal functioning of hormones, so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), that could play a causative role in these diseases and disorders. If this holds true, then these 'early warnings' signal a failure in environmental protection that should be addressed.

Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2011

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:50:00 +0100

Overview of exceedances of EC ozone threshold values for April–September 2011

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

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.

Pharmaceuticals in the environment — Result of an EEA workshop

Adobe InDesign CS4 (6.0) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:46:12 +0100

Ensuring quality of life in Europe's cities and towns

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:41:54 +0200

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.

Spatial assessment of PM10 and ozone concentrations in Europe (2005)

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:34:42 +0100

This report presents particulate matter (PM10) and ground‑level ozone concentration maps covering the whole of Europe. The interpolated maps are based on a combination of measurement and regional modelling results. Using measured concentrations as a primary source of information, the report summarizes the methodologies and the methodological choices taken in order to derive such maps.

Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2008

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:25:41 +0100

Overview of exceedances of EC ozone threshold values for April–September 2008

Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2007

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Air pollution in Europe 1990-2004

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:50:00 +0100

Europe's environment — The fourth assessment

EEA (European Environment Agency) — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:00:00 +0200