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Uppsala has cleanest city air in Europe
The EEA’s European city air quality viewer ranks 375 cities from the cleanest to the most polluted based on average levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5).
The data was collected from over 500...
How Modern Aircraft Flights Affect the Climate
The aviation industry faces significant challenges due to climate change, prompting continuous efforts to find innovations and improve existing technologies. However, the complexity of various impacts on accelerating climate change leads to...
EU Tightens Measures on Industrial Emissions
The European Union has made significant progress in its environmental protection policy by updating the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), which comes into effect on August 4, 2024, and has evolved into the...
Europe’s Air Quality Keeps Improving but Pollution Levels Are Still Insafe in Many Areas
The EEA briefing ‘Europe’s air quality status 2024’ presents data on levels of key air pollutants in Europe in 2022 and 2023 and compares these concentrations to the EU air quality standards...
Serbian Scientists in the Fight for Cleaner air and Greater Energy Efficiency
In Western Balkan countries, thermal power plants are the leading electricity producers, accounting for about 54 per cent of the total energy production. At the same time, thermal power plants are the...
Fit for 55: Council Gives Final Green Light to Cut Methane Emissions in the Energy Sector
The Council today adopted a regulation on tracking and reducing methane emissions. It is part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package.
The regulation introduces new requirements on measuring, reporting and verifying methane emissions...
Air Pollution: Parliament Adopts Revised Law to Improve Air Quality
Parliament on Wednesday adopted a provisional political agreement with EU countries on new measures to improve air quality in the EU so it is no longer harmful to human health, natural ecosystems...
After Slight Rise In 2023, Methane Emissions From Fossil Fuels Are Set To Go Into Decline Soon
Methane emissions from the energy sector remained near a record high in 2023 – but substantial policies and regulations announced in recent months, as well as fresh pledges stemming from the COP28...
CAN METHANE EMISSIONS MATCH CLIMATE GOALS BY 2030
Last year was marked by record-high methane emissions from the energy sector. However, the end of the year brought the United Nations Conference on Climate Change 2023 (COP28) and the pledges that...
INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION AND ITS DETRIMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND HEALTH
Air pollution is one of the most dangerous types of pollution for the health of people and other living beings. An analysis conducted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) showed that the...
Fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances: Council greenlights new rules to reduce harmful emissions
The Council today has adopted two regulations to phase down fluorinated gases (F-gases) and other substances that cause global warming and deplete the ozone layer.
While existing EU legislation has already limited the...
EU economy emissions in 2022: down 22 percent since 2008
In 2022, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by economic activities of EU resident units stood at 3.6 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents (CO2-eq), indicating a 22 percent decrease compared with 2008.
The activities with the highest GHG emissions in 2022...
Urgent action to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel operations essential to achieve global climate targets
Decisive, far-reaching efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, according to a...
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS, CLIMATE PROTECTION AND REDUCTION OF CO2 EMISSIONS AT THE TOP OF OMV’S AGENDA
With headquarters in Belgrade and a network of 63 petrol stations throughout Serbia, OMV Serbia strives daily to spread good energy with its quality products and services, as well as by carrying...
Air pollution levels across Europe still not safe, especially for children
While emissions of key air pollutants have declined over recent decades, air pollution levels in Europe are still not safe. Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to air pollution because their bodies,...
How is Air Quality Measured?
Air pollutants come from a variety of sources, including human-caused emissions – like fossil fuel use in vehicles and cooking – and natural sources, such as dust storms and smoke from wildfires...