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To produce and handle all clothing, footwear and household textiles purchased by EU-27 households in 2020, an estimated 121 million tonnes of CO₂ were emitted (270 kg CO₂ equivalent per person), making this consumption domain the fifth highest impact category after housing, food, transport and recreation. Only 27% of CO₂ emissions take place within Europe.
To produce and handle all clothing, footwear and household textiles purchased by EU-27 households in 2020, an estimated 180 000 km² of land was used (400 m² per person), making this consumption domain the third highest impact category after food and housing. Only 8% of land use takes place within Europe.
To produce and handle all clothing, footwear and household textiles purchased by EU-27 households in 2020, an estimated 175 million tonnes of primary raw materials was used (391 kg per person), making this consumption domain the fifth highest impact category. Only 20% of primary material consumption takes place within Europe, which is the lowest ratio of all consumption domains, and shows that environmental impacts are exported to other parts of the world.
EU-27 apparent consumption of clothing, footwear and household textiles, per person, in kilograms
To produce and handle all clothing, footwear and household textiles purchased by EU-27 households in 2020, an estimated 4024 million m³ of blue water was used (9m³ per person), making this consumption domain the third highest impact category after food and recreation. Only 12% of blue water consumption takes place within Europe.
For the period 1980-2020, in 2020 euros, based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer and the EUROSTAT structural indicators.
For the period 2005-2014, based on the damage records from NatCatSERVICE of Munich Re and the EUROSTAT structural indicators.
Economic damages, insured economic damages and fatalities per year
For the period 1980-2020, in 2020 euros, based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer and the EUROSTAT structural indicators.
Economic damages, insured economic damages and fatalities per year
For the period 1980-2020, in 2020 euros, based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer and the EUROSTAT structural indicators.
Economic damages, insured economic damages and fatalities per hazard type.
Economic damages, insured economic damages and fatalities per hazard type
Presents aggregate information on the type and number of measures put in place to improve air quality across all reporting countries, categorised in terms of: Traffic, Awareness raising, Public procurement, Fuels, Industry, Other.
The number of measures put in place for each sector in each country are shown. These numbers are also expressed as percentages of the total number of measures put in place in each country.
The figure shows the emission sources that were respoinsible for the exceedences of air quality limit values.
WEI+ illustrates the percentage of water use against renewable freshwater resources in a given time and place
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