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EU on course to reach 2020 emissions target

Two new reports suggest the EU and its members are making steady progress towards climate change ...

Features Regeneration Water

Restoring urban rivers and lakes improves quality of life, report finds

The strategies and measures authorities in urban centres across Europe have taken to improve the ...

Energy & Net Zero Features Transport & Highways Transport, Infrastructure & Planning

Electric vehicles in 2050: what will the environmental impact be?

The potential impact of electric vehicles by the middle of the century has been set ...

Energy & Net Zero

Building resilient cities key to tackling effects of climate change

The EEA report Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe 2016 – transforming cities in ...

Waste Waste, Pollution & Recycling

Resource efficiency in Europe: benefits of doing more with less

Many European countries are realising the economic benefits of making more efficient use of material ...

Housing

Better targeted measures needed to tackle urban sprawl in Europe

The report, Urban sprawl in Europe, reviews the low-density and scattered expansion of many cities ...

Transport & Highways Transport, Infrastructure & Planning

Better integration of land use impacts needed across EU policies

Land is a valuable and limited resource. The environmental impact of land used for building ...

Pollution

More action required to protect soil in the city

Industrial activity, pollution and exploitation are degrading the quality of soils located in and around ...

Energy & Net Zero

Renewables increasingly curbing reliance on fossil fuels

The use of fossil fuels across the European Union continues to decline due in part ...

Energy & Net Zero Pollution

Europe’s ecosystems face increased threats

Europe’s ecosystems face increasing pressure to stay healthy amid rising pollution, overexploitation, urban sprawl and ...