Air quality in Europe — 2016 report

This report presents an updated overview and analysis of air quality in Europe. It is focused in the state in 2015 and the development from 2004 to 2015. It reviews progress towards meeting the requirements of the air quality directives. An overview of the latest findings and estimates of the effects of air pollution on health and its impacts on ecosystems is also given.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on November 23, 2016 at 01:29PM

Municipal waste management across European countries

This briefing is a synthesis of the outcomes of a country-by-country analysis that addressed 32 EEA countries: EU-28 Member States, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey (ETC/WMGE, 2016), complemented with some information from the Western Balkan countries.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on November 14, 2016 at 02:00AM

Trends and projections in Europe 2016 - Tracking progress towards Europe's climate and energy targets

The 2016 edition of the annual EEA report, Trends and projections in Europe, provides an updated assessment of the progress of the EU and European countries towards their climate mitigation and energy targets.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on November 08, 2016 at 05:06PM

Approximated EU GHG inventory: proxy GHG estimates for 2015

This report provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) and its Member States for 2015, covering the full GHG inventory (all sectors, except land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), and all gases). These estimates are also referred to as approximated ('proxy') estimates or inventories in this report as they cover the year for which no official GHG inventories have been prepared yet. The proxy inventories in this report are based on GHG emission estimates reported by Member States to the European Commission under existing EU legislation (1 ) and on calculations made by the European Environment Agency's (EEA) European Topic Centre on Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation (ETC/ACM) using activity and/or emission data at country level. The official submission of 2015 inventories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in 2017. The proxy estimates greatly improve the timeliness of information on GHG emissions and are used for analysis of emission trends and progress towards EU climate targets.

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This article by Laura Cernahoschi originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on November 08, 2016 at 02:00PM

Rivers and lakes in European cities

Most European cities have at least one river or lake crossing their urban landscape. Urbanisation has come at a cost to rivers and lakes, as they have been heavily degraded to enable development, carry waste, supply drinking water and facilitate transport and industry.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on October 25, 2016 at 11:40AM

Seafood in Europe — A food system approach for sustainability

This report builds on a food system approach to explore the knowledge base, and the mesh of actors and activities that enable the EU to produce, trade and consume seafood. It then further assesses the implications of such a food system analysis for EU policy and knowledge development as a means to transform Europe's food system in line with sustainability goals. The report identifies three complementary pathways in the current EU food and seafood related policy framework, and the related knowledge base that can help support a more functional system.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on October 20, 2016 at 11:00AM

Trends and projections in the EU ETS in 2016 — The EU Emissions Trading System in numbers

The report provides an analysis of past, present and future emissions trends under the EU ETS, based on the latest data and information available from the European Commission and Member States. It also analyses the balance between supply and demand of allowances in the market. The report's annexes provide extensive material describing the functioning, scope and cap of the EU ETS.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on October 17, 2016 at 02:00PM

EEA Annual Accounts for the year 2015

Annual accounts for the European Environment Agency, financial year 2015

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on October 12, 2016 at 03:55PM

Transforming the EU power sector: avoiding a carbon lock-in

With fossil fuels still contributing to roughly half of the electricity generated in Europe, moving away from a carbon-intensive power supply over the next few decades will require a commitment to increase investment in clean technology, restructure the fossil fuel energy infrastructure and ensure a secure and affordable power supply. In this context, this report fills an important information gap by looking at: • the theoretical evolution of fossil fuel capacity by 2030 in the absence of strong drivers to counter present trends; • how this hypothetical evolution would fit in with the need to create a qualitatively different EU power sector by 2030 and beyond, in line with EU climate goals.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on October 07, 2016 at 01:41PM

EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook - 2016

Technical guidance to prepare national emission inventories. The joint EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook supports the reporting of emissions data under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive. It provides expert guidance on how to compile an atmospheric emissions inventory. The Guidebook is published by the EEA with the CLRTAP Task Force on Emission Inventories and Projections responsible for the technical content of the chapters.

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This article by Laura Cernahoschi originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on September 30, 2016 at 01:40PM

Electric vehicles in Europe

This report provides a non-technical summary of the latest information on electric road vehicles in Europe, including those with hybrid technologies. It focuses upon electric passenger vehicles, explaining the different types that are now available on the market, how each type works, and their respective advantages and disadvantages.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on September 26, 2016 at 01:55PM

Ozone-depleting substances 2015

This report summarises the data reported by undertakings in accordance with the ODS Regulation for 2015 and looks at the major trends since 2006. Aggregated data reported by companies on the import, export, production, destruction, and feedstock and process agent use of ozone-depleting substances in the European Union

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This article by Laura Cernahoschi originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on September 16, 2016 at 12:21PM

T-Mobile's Binge On Violates Key Net Neutrality Principles

Author(s): 

Barbara van Schewick

Publication Date: 

January 29, 2016

Publication Type: 

Other Writing

In November 2015, T-Mobile, the third largest provider of mobile Internet access in the U.S., launched a new service called Binge On that offers “unlimited” video streaming from selected providers. Customers on qualifying plans can stream video from forty-two providers in Binge On – Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, and others – without using their data plans, a practice known as zero-rating. As currently offered, Binge On violates key net neutrality principles and harms user choice, innovation, competition, and free speech online. As a result, the program is likely to violate the FCC’s general conduct rule.

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This article by Center for Internet and Society originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on September 13, 2016 at 12:09AM

Environmental taxation and EU environmental policies

This report does three things. It provides an overview of market‑based instruments (MBIs) established by EU environmental legislation. Then it explains the established definitions and rationales for the application of environmental taxes and discusses their current design and application in EEA member countries. It concludes with overall findings and some reflections on the potential for long-term tax-shifting programmes in the context of policy targets as well as technological innovation and demographic changes.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on September 06, 2016 at 11:00AM

Environment and climate policy evaluation

The intended audience of this European Environment Agency (EEA) publication is the professional environmental evaluation community, that is, evaluators of European environment and climate policies, the EEA's networks and interested evaluation professionals, including those that are active in the European Environmental Evaluators Network (EEEN). The publication aims to facilitate a dialogue on policy evaluation, by clearly setting out the EEA's views on some of the challenges that evaluators encounter in the areas of environment and climate policy.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on September 05, 2016 at 11:12AM

European Union emission inventory report 1990–2014 under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)

This document is the annual European Union (EU) emission inventory report to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). The report and its accompanying data constitute the official submission by the European Commission (EC) on behalf of the EU as a Party to the Executive Secretary of UNECE. The report is compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in cooperation with the EU Member States.

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This article by Laura Cernahoschi originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on July 06, 2016 at 11:50AM

Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe 2016 — Transforming cities in a changing climate

This report builds on and complements existing products and initiatives on urban adaptation in Europe. It focuses on the state of actions in the field and progress achieved since the first EEA report in 2012, and it considers this analysis in relation to current challenges: Do existing actions lead to attractive, climate-resilient cities and if not, what needs to be changed? The report aims to broaden perspectives and provide input to a review and subsequent adjustment of urban adaptation to climate change by local governments and by supporting regional, national and European institutions, researchers and other relevant stakeholders.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on July 05, 2016 at 10:55AM

EEA Signals 2016 - Towards clean and smart mobility

Signals 2016 focuses on transport and mobility. Transport connects people, cultures, cities, countries and continents. It is one of the main pillars of the modern society and economy. At the same time, it is responsible for a quarter of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, and causes air pollution, noise pollution and habitat fragmentation. Signals 2016 looks into how Europe’s carbon-dependent transport sector can be turned into a clean and smart mobility system.

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on June 29, 2016 at 02:30PM

Different emission estimates produced by EU bodies/institutions

EU GHG inventory submission to UNFCCC (EEA and DG Climate Action)

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This article by EEA (European Environment Agency) originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on June 21, 2016 at 01:51PM

Annual European Union greenhouse gas inventory 1990–2014 and inventory report 2016

This report is the annual submission of the greenhouse gas inventory of the European Union to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It presents the greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2014 for the EU-28 individual Member States by IPCC sector.

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This article by Laura Cernahoschi originally appeared on eea.europa.eu on June 21, 2016 at 01:50PM