Reports about Europe's environmentReports published by EEA (Theme: all, Audience: all, Sorted on: publish date)Application of the Emissions Trading Directive by EU Member States- February 26, 2007 According to Article 21 of the Emissions Trading Directive Member States shall report annually on the application of the directive. The reporting obligation will allow the European Commission to continuously follow the implementation of the directive and provide information for the European Commission's review report under Article 30 of the directive. This is particularly important for the first set of reports.http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2007_4 Transport and environment: on the way to a new common transport policy- February 26, 2007 The TERM 2006 report examines the environmental performance of the transport sector and finds that it is still unsatisfactory. There is a need to intensify efforts to improve it, not least concerning the sector's contribution to climate change. The Commission's mid-term review of the 2001 Transport White Paper proposes changes that can bring both improvements and negative effects depending on how they are applied at European, national and regional level. Concerning the environment, the mid-term.http://reports.eea.europa.eu/eea_report_2007_1 Feasibility assessment of using the Substance Flow Analysis Methodology for chemicals information at macro-level- February 15, 2007 This report reviews the state and application of substance flow analysis (SFA) methodology in selected European Environment Agency (EEA) member countries. The objective is to explore if and how the existing practices could serve as a methodological framework for a macro-level, Europe-wide application of the SFA methodology to gather information on chemical substances.http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2007_1 Climate change and water adaptation issues- February 13, 2007 The report reviews the challenges facing Europe to adapt to the impacts of climate change on water resources. Water is a critical sector for people's lives and the economy. Even if emissions of greenhouse gases were stabilised today, increases in temperature and the associated impacts, including those on water availability and flooding, will continue for many decades to come. Using a policy analysis at European level, and a survey, the report reviews practices in countries and concludes that...http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2007_2 Briefing 12007 - Climate change and water adaptation issues- February 13, 2007 The impact of climate change on Europe's water resources is a critical issue for people's lives and the economy. Even if emissions of greenhouse gases were stabilised today, increases in temperature and the associated impacts, including water availability and flooding, will continue for many decades to come. Countries are aware of these impacts and have started to adapt to them but there is still much to do.http://reports.eea.europa.eu/briefing_2007_1 The European Community's initial report under the Kyoto Protocol- February 2, 2007 This EEA report constitutes the main part of the European Community's submission of its initial report to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The report establishes the assigned amount for the European Community (EU-15), and demonstrates its capacity to account for its emissions and assigned amount for the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol: 2008-2012. The assigned amount for EU-15 is set to 19 682 548 287 tonnes of...http://reports.eea.europa.eu/technical_report_2006_10 |