Air pollution

Effects of acidification and eutrophication on woodland fungi in the Netherlands

Ozone AOT40 for forest, 2005

EU-15 share of gross electricity production met from combined heat and power production in 2002

CHP Plant Statistics Project 2002, Statistics on Combined Heat and Power Plants in Europe, Final Report for DGTREN, by ICEDD & CEREN

Total energy intensity, EU-25

Air emissions of mercury, 1990

Air emissions of mercury, 1990

Observed depositions of nitrogen to the North Sea

EEA-32 primary and secondary particulate emissions, 1990-2004

Global concentration and temperature change 2000-2100 (over the pre-industrial level)

Global concentration and temperature change 2000-2100 (over the pre-industrial level)

Emissions of primary and secondary fine particulates (ktonnes) 1990-2004 (EU-15)

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Emissions of primary and secondary fine particles (EU-15)

Comparison of annual variations in ozone 50th, 98th and 99.9th percentile values (calculated from hourly mean concentrations) and the frequency distribution of estimated trend (in (microgram/m3) per year).

Only stations, which reported data over at least six years in the period 1996-2002, are included.

Emissions by sector of acidifying pollutants

Due to numerical rounding, values may not add exactly to 100%

Country-wise ecosystem damage area for acidification in Europe, 1995-2010

Data source of deposition-data used to calculate exceedances: EMEP/MSC-W

Ozone inter-annual variations, SOMO35, 1996-2004

Urban, traffic, and rural background stations vertical bars represent 10th and 90th percentiles.

Change in ozone precursors emissions for each sector and pollutant between 1990 and 2006

No data available for Iceland.

Emissions of CO in 2005

Distance-to-target-path for EU-15 Member States in 2005

The distance-to-target-path indicator (DTPI) measures the deviation in percentage points of actual emissions in 2005 from a (hypothetical) linear path between base-year emissions and the burden-sharing target for 2010

Benzene concentrations, annual average, at stations in Europe, 2004

LAT/UAT: lower/upper assessment threshold; LV/MT: limit value/margin of tolerance.

Emissions of primary and secondary fine particles (EU-27 - EU-15)

Costs (% of GDP) for various world regions to achieve climate change targets 2020-2100 under the LCEP scenario (left), and the global permit price and global costs (right)

South Asia includes a.o.: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

EEA-32 primary and secondary particulate matter emissions (PM10), 1990-2004

Total energy consumption is what Eurostat refers to as Gross Inland Energy Consumption (in million tonnes oil equivalents)

Change in emissions of acidifying substances compared with the 2010 NECD targets (EEA member countries)

Gothenburg targets are applied for countries without a NEC Directive target.

The location and levels of ozone at air quality monitoring stations in Brussels on Sunday 27 July 2008

When the ozone reading is above safe levels a red triangle is displayed and the local government must notify the public and suggest precautions.

NOX emission trend, all sectors, European regions, 1996-2004

Percentage of the urban population potentially exposed to pollutant concentrations over selected limit/target values

PM10 36th highest daily value, 2005

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Emissions of primary particulates and ozone precursors, 2000 to 2020

Emissions of primary particulates and ozone precursors, 2000 to 2020

Change in emission of primary and secondary fine particles (EEA member countries)

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Emissions of ozone precursors (Baseline and MTFR scenarios, index 100 in 2000)

Contributions to the changes in emission of primary and secondary fine particles (PM10), per sector and per pollutant (EU-15), 2002

'Contribution to change' plots show the contribution to the total emission change between 1990-2002 made by a specified sector/ pollutant.