Air pollution

Location and type of ozone monitoring stations reporting data

Location of ozone monitoring stations as reported by Member States and other European countries in the framework of the ozone directive for the reference period 2003

Age - Share of people over 65 in total population and requirement for income generation per working person

age

Changes in global mean temperature for the base line and the climate action scenarios, compared with pre-industrial

Dotted lines show EU long-term sustainability objective.

Number of days with exceedance of the long-term objective for the protection of human health

Number of days with exceedance of the ozone long-term objective for the protection of human health during summer 2005 (under Directive 2002/3/EC on ozone in ambient air).

Contribution to total change in particulate (primary and secondary) emissions for each sector and pollutant (EEA member countries)

Contribution to change plots show the contribution to the total emission change between 1990-2007 made by a specified sector/pollutant

Change in emissions of acidifying pollutants compared with the 2010 NECD and Gothenburg protocol targets (EEA member countries)

Gothenburg protocol targets are shown for the non-EU countries (e.g

Change in ozone precursors emissions for each sector and pollutant between 1990 and 2007 (EEA member countries)

NOx data not available for Liechtenstein

Change in Particulate (Primary and Secondary) emissions for each sector and pollutant between 1990 and 2007 (EEA member countries)

Data not available for Liechtenstein.

Contribution to total change in ozone precursors emissions for each sector and pollutant (EEA member countries)

Contribution to change plots show the contribution to the total emission change between 1990-2007 made by a specified sector/pollutant

Contribution to total change in acidifying pollutants emissions for each sector and pollutant (EEA member countries)

Contribution to change plots show the contribution to the total emission change between 1990-2007 made by a specified sector/pollutant

Emissions of primary and secondary fine (PM10) particulate matter (EEA member countries)

Data not available for Liechtenstein.

Emissions of ozone precursors (EEA member countries)

The with measures (WM) projections reported by Member States take into account currently implemented and adopted policies and measures

Distance-to-target for EEA member countries

Data are for acidifying pollutants. The distance to target results are shown in green (countries need to do more to be on track to meet their ceiling in 2010) and purple (countries are on track to meet their ceiling in 2010)

Sector split of emissions of ozone precursors (EEA member countries; EU-15; New EU-12; Other EEA countries (EFTA-4 and Turkey))

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

Change in emissions of ozone precursors compared with the 2010 NECD and Gothenburg protocol targets (EEA member countries)

Gothenburg protocol targets are shown for the non-EU countries (e.g Switzerland and Norway). Neither Iceland nor Turkey has signed the Gothenburg protocol. Liechtenstein has signed but not yet ratified the Gothenburg protocol. NOx data are not available for Liechtenstein.

Distance-to-target for EEA member countries

Data are for ozone precursors. The distance to target results are shown in green (countries need to do more to be on track to meet their ceiling in 2010) and purple (countries are on track to meet their ceiling in 2010)

Change in acidifying pollutants emissions for each sector and pollutant between 1990 and 2007 (EEA member countries)

No emissions data are available for Liechtenstein.

Sector split of emissions of Particulates (Primary and Secondary) (EEA member countries; EU-15; New EU-12; Other EEA countries (EFTA-4 and Turkey))

Data not available for Liechtenstein.

Sector share of PAH emissions (EEA member countries)

Sector share of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Contribution to total change in PAH emissions for each sector between 1990 and 2007 (EEA member countries)

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions

Change in PAH emissions for each sector between 1990 and 2007 (EEA member countries)

Change in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emissions for each sector

Emission trends of PAHs (EEA member countries)

Emission trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Change in emissions of primary PM10 and secondary particulate matter precursors by country.

Change in emissions 1990-2007

AirBase - Raw data and time series

Each plot presents 1 time series of raw data for a time span of eleven years: from 1 Jan 1997 until 31 Dec 2008

Emissions of acidifying substances in the Western Balkans, 1993–2003

Emissions of acidifying substances in the Western Balkans, 1993–2003

Emissions of primary particulates (Baseline and MTFR scenarios, index 100 in 2000)

Contributions by sector for emissions of acidifying pollutants (EEA member countries)

The contribution made by different sectors to emissions of acidifying pollutants

Emission trends of acidifying pollutants (EEA member countries, EU-27)

This chart shows past emission trends of nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx) and ammonia (NH3) in the EEA-32 and EU-27 group of countries. In addition - for the EU-27 - the aggregated Member State 2010 emission ceiling for the respective pollutants are shown.

Exceedances of critical loads for eutrophication due to the deposition of nutrient nitrogen in 2000 and 2010

The maps shows the exceedances of critical loads for eutrophication due to the deposition of nutrient N in the 2000 and 2010

Rural concentration map of the ozone indicator AOT40 for crops, 2006 and 2007

AOT40 for crops are vegatation exposure related indicators and are based on rural background station observation only