For EU to meet its intermediate and long term targets on Climate Change it is essential that the environmental performance of the transport sector notably improves. In doing so all available reasonable measures must be used, EU and country wide, as well as regionally and locally. This report...

Traffic-related air pollution is still one of the most pressing problems in urban areas. Evidence of the adverse health effects of fine particulate matter is continuously emerging and it is alarming that most of the traffic-related emissions are in the fine particulates range ( PM2.5). Human...

Transport contributes to several environmental problems such as climate change, air emissions and noise and is at the same time favoured by significant subsidies. An EEA report identifies European transport subsidies worth at least EUR 270 to 290 billion a year. Road transport receives EUR 125...

Summary report of the conference held on 27-29 September 2007, Ljubljana, Slovenia. This report was prepared by the organisers of the conference 'Time for action — towards sustainable consumption and production in Europe'. Three sets of three top-priority recommendations towards sustainable...

Summary of the Environmental issues series No 12: First indicator-based Term (Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism) report. Contents a description of the TERM incl. process and outputs. Themes: description and selection of 31 indicators benchmarked against a number of policy objectives...

This, the third of the European Environment Agency's Environmental signals reports - Benchmarking the Millennium, provides an insight into the state of Europe's environment and is targeted at high-level policy makers in EEA member countries and the European Union, as well as the wider public....

Progress Report September 1999 Work programme of WG 3. WG shall elaborate common calculation and measurements methods for noise from road, rail, air traffic.

Progress towards a more sustainable transport system has become imperative in the European Union (EU), as in many other parts of the world. Transport therefore figures prominently in the EU's Sixth environment Action programme (6EAP) and Sustainable Development Strategy. At its June 2001 summit...

Progress towards a more sustainable transport system has become imperative in the European Union (EU), as in many other parts of the world. Transport therefore figures prominently in the EU's Sixth environment Action programme (6EAP) and Sustainable Development Strategy. At its June 2001 summit...