Electric vehicles are anticipated to be a key future component of Europe's mobility system, helping reduce impacts on climate change and air quality. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) comprised around 0.6 % of all new car registrations in the EU in 2017 (EEA, 2018a). By 2030, BEVs could be betwee...
Modernising a cement plant led to less air pollution as well as significant water and energy savings. It also lowered production costs and improved the company’s standing among neighbouring communities. This success story is based on an actual case study of a cement plant and demonstrates that E...
Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to marine and fisheries biology, fishing gear technology, fisheries economics, f...
EMAS is a rigorous system, requiring continuous improvement in environmental performance through the identification of environmental impacts, implementation of policy, setting objectives and monitoring performance, legal compliance, communication and training all verified through mandatory inter...
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, the bioeconomy and the management of marine, maritime and inland waters are among the most important elements influencing European society and the wider world. These elements are at the heart of sustainable development that delivers strong com...
The report identifies various conceptualisations of green growth with a view to identify the causal mechanisms which can support a green growth policy agenda, to investigate the implications of these conceptualisations for measuring progress towards green growth, identify possible trade-offs and...
The negotiations ahead of the Paris climate conference enter into a critical phase at a dramatic time – the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Paris. The European Union can make a difference in paving the way for an ambitious global deal at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21)...
Practitioners and policy makers at European Union (EU) and Member States level are increasingly seeking spatially-explicit ecosystem service information to use in decision-making and the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. Whilst under the MAES Action, land-cover data has alr...
