Assessing the effects of EU environmental legislation, and whether specific measures have actually been effective in delivering expected results, is an essential task, yet one that is not always carried out. The REM report examines this issue and tries to respond to a set of questions on why,...

This publication reports on a workshop held in March 2001 to discuss how environmental assessments can be conducted more effectively. The Copenhagen workshop focussed on the issues of participation, science and governance, and scope. It was co-organized by the Global Environmental Assessment...

Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

Environmental signals 2001 is the second issue in the series of regular indicator-based reports roduced by the European Environment Agency for high-level policy-makers in EEA member countries and the European Union. The main aim is to present key environmental indicators in order to report, on a...

The assessment of potential losses of agricultural fertilizers to waters require prior calculation of nutrient balance (surplus). This study shows how the use of CORINE land cover allows calculating comparable surplus values at the river catchment level, despite heterogeneity and high degree of...

Green and sustainable chemistry is a new concept and research area. The European Environment Agency has taken the initiative to investigate the possibilities to establish a European Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award. This report illustrates the contest and the steps to establish such award.

This report is aimed at the business and financial sectors, which are beginning to develop strategies on integrating the environment into their activities, following the current legal and political moves to promote the 'integration' of environmental issues into economic activities. It provides...

Contains detailed outcomes of the Total Material Requirement (TMR) study reported on in Environmental signals 2000. It describes the methodology to calculate aggregated material flow indicators and presents a first application on the EU level. The study contains more complete timeseries than the...

This report is an indicator-based assessment of European Community and acceding and candidate countries’ greenhouse gas emission trends, emission projections and existing and proposed policies and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2010. The report presents an assessment of the...