The 1st Watch List (WL) for substances in surface waters under the Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD - Directive 2013/39/EU) was established by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495 in March 2015. The list was first updated in June 2018 by the Commission Im...

The present Annex II is an integral part of the JRC Technical Report on the Selection of substances for the 4th Watch List under the Water Framework Directive (Gomez Cortes et al., 2022). The Annex collects the factsheets of substances proposed for the 4th Watch List (see Table 6...

To fight the climate crisis, the EU’s goal is to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. For Denmark, this means reducing emissions by 50% by 2030 in sectors outside the EU Emissions Trading System, compared to 2005. These include emissions from transport, buildings,...

To fight the climate crisis, the EU’s goal is to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. For Poland, this means reducing emissions by 17.7% by 2030 in sectors outside the EU Emissions Trading System, compared to 2005. These include emissions from transport, buildings...

Ilmastokriisin torjumiseksi EU:n tavoitteena on vähentää kasvihuonekaasujen nettopäästöjään 55 %:lla vuoteen 2030 mennessä. Tämä tarkoittaa, että Suomen on vähennettävä päästöjä 50 %:lla vuoden 2005 tasosta vuoteen 2030 mennessä EU:n päästökauppajärjestelmään kuulumattomilla sekt...

To fight the climate crisis, the EU’s goal is to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. For Finland, this means reducing emissions by 50% by 2030 in sectors outside the EU Emissions Trading System, compared to 2005. These include emissions from transport, buildings,...

The first Forum of the Mission Adaptation to Climate Change took place on 7 June 2022. It brought together regional and local authorities, members of the European Committee of Regions, research organisations and non-governmental organisations to take stock, identify issues, provi...

Many financial institutions have warned that the transition to a low-carbon economy could cause a major shock to fossil fuel valuation, with the potential for systemic risk. This paper discusses disclosure commitments and empirical evidence in order to gauge the exposure of banks...

The EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy initiative (CoM) brings together local and regional authorities voluntarily committing to develop and implement a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP), containing measures to reduce their energy related Greenhouse Gas...

Linking national spending on the environment with the effects it has on the environmental performance of EU Member States allows for a better assessment of the effective quality of budgetary interventions. In this analysis, based on the detailed research paper in the Annex, we di...