The maps shows the annual total water abstraction as a percentage of available long-term freshwater resources 2002–2012 (left) and average trend 2007–2012 compared to 2002–2006 (right)
The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) is a web-based register established by Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 which implements the UNECE PRTR Protocol, signed in May 2003 in Kiev.
GIS Map Application
01 Aug 2018
Latest measurements from Europe's air quality monitoring network
Data Visualization
27 Jul 2018
Data Visualization
27 Jul 2018
Indicator Assessment
27 Jul 2018
Land recycling is still low in all European countries: on average, land recycling accounted for only 13.5 % of total land consumption in European cities in the 2006-2012 period.
The land use densification process, i.e. when land development makes maximum use of existing infrastructure, accounts for the largest proportion of land recycling (10 % of total land consumption). However, in most countries, land take dominates over densification in total land management with the exception of Finland and France.
Grey recycling, i.e. internal conversions between residential and/or non-residential land cover types, is secondary to densification, ranging from 14 % to less than 1 % of total land consumption. Land take predominates over grey recycling in total land management in all countries.
Green recycling, i.e. the development of green urban areas using previously built-up areas, is an important trend that reverses soil sealing, but it is a marginal process in all countries and, on average, it accounts for only 0.2 % of total land consumption.
The boxplot shows land recycling as percentage of total land consumption for the period 2006-2012.
GIS Map Application
24 Jul 2018
This web map application enables the user to visualise the land recycling indicator for each of the Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) by entering the name of a city in the search window. When clicking the city of interest on the map, the following statistics are displayed in a window: land recycling as a percentage of total land consumption and the three components of land recycling (densification, grey recycling and green recycling) as a proportion of land take. For the three land recycling components, values above 1 indicate that the particular land recycling component predominates over land take. Values below 1 indicate that land take predominates over the particular land recycling component. For a complete overview, consult our interactive data viewer (see assessment text).
Indicator Assessment
19 Jul 2018
Noise pollution is a major environmental health problem in Europe.
Road traffic is the most widespread source of environmental noise, with more than 100 million people affected by harmful levels in the EEA-33 member countries. Noise from railways, air traffic and industry are also important sources of noise.
The European Union's Seventh Environment Action Programme (7th EAP) sets the objective that by 2020 noise pollution in the EU will have significantly decreased, moving closer to World Health Organization (WHO) recommended levels.
Data about the EU emission trading system (ETS). The EU ETS data viewer provides aggregated data on emissions and allowances, by country, sector and year. The data mainly comes from the EU Transaction Log (EUTL). Additional information on auctioning and scope corrections is included.
'Black check mark' indicates that the emission ceiling or reduction commitment has been, or is anticipated to be, attained. The NEC Directive does not include a 2010 ceiling for PM2.5.
‘Red cross’ indicates that the ceiling or reduction commitment has not been, or is not anticipated to be, attained.
The illustration shows the distribution of marine litter reported by the public and where they were found
Food system actors represent the largest group of natural resource managers in the world. They
are critical in both creating the problems and implementing the solutions. Identifying actors along
the food chain as well as where and how power is located enables policy makers to develop
management approaches targeted towards those actors with influence. In addition to those
directly involved in food chain activities, governments and civil society are also important as they
set the wider policy and societal context.
In a global food system, Europe’s imports and their consumption have an environmental, social
and economic impact beyond European borders. In 2013, Europe had net imports of around
27 million tonnes of soybeans and soybean products for oil production and animal feed. This
means Europe is dependent on overseas land for its own livestock production most of which is
in South America.
