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Robust Monitoring and Targets Are Key in Shifting Europe to a More Circular Economy
Introducing more robust monitoring and targets to spur Europe’s move to a circular economy would help improve resource efficiency, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. The EEA report ‘Resource efficiency and the circular economy in Europe 2019 —…
Economic Slowdown as a Result of COVID Is No Substitute for Climate Action
Efforts to control the Coronavirus pandemic have reduced economic activity and led to localized improvements in air quality. But it is too early to assess the implications for concentrations of greenhouse gases which are responsible for long-term climate change. Carbon…
Member States Must Cut Emissions Across All Sectors to Achieve EU Climate Targets
Emission cuts in the European Union’s (EU) Effort Sharing sectors need to accelerate considerably from 2018 onwards to achieve the current EU 2030 targets, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published recently. In particular, the large amount of…
Citizen Science Projects on Air Quality Produce Useful Information and Raise Public Awareness
Air pollution is the biggest environmental health threat in Europe and more and more people are taking action to claim their right to clean air. A new European Environment Agency (EEA) report provides an overview of low-cost devices that citizens…
A Future in Recycling: From Street Waste Collector to Entrepreneur
Young people on parts of the African continent sometimes turn to waste management as an ad hoc or extra job to make small money when they are struggling with unemployment, but often opportunities are scarce to learn how to grow…
Number of Europeans Exposed to Harmful Noise Pollution Expected to Increase
Road traffic is the top source of noise pollution in Europe, the new EEA report ‘Noise in Europe – 2020’ says, with noise levels projected to rise in both urban and rural areas over the next decade due to urban…
European Transport Needs to Adapt to Rising Climate Risks
From road and rail networks to ports, airports and inland waterways, critical transport resources are facing unprecedented threats from climate change impacts, notably severe flooding. However, adapting transport systems to rising climate risks has so far received relatively low attention…