The Land Cover Annual Topic Update 1999 provides an overview of progress made in 1999 on monitoring, data collection, information, assessement and reporting on land cover related environmental issues. Special attention is given to the plans for updating the CORINE land cover (CLC) database and...

This report provides policy-makers with the information needed to assess how effectively environmental policies and concerns are being integrated into energy policies. This is achieved with the help of selected indicators measuring progress. The report concludes that, while there have been some...

This report provides policy-makers with the information needed to assess how effectively environmental policies and concerns are being integrated into energy policies. This is achieved with the help of selected indicators measuring progress. The report concludes that, while there have been some...

This report provides policy-makers with the information needed to assess how effectively environmental policies and concerns are being integrated into energy policies. This is achieved with the help of selected indicators measuring progress. The report concludes that, while there have been some...

Based on a series of case studies, this study identifies the factors that can influence successful implementation of specific renewable energy technologies in European Union Member States. It aims to facilitate greater use of renewable energy sources and contribute to efforts by the EU and its...

Increasing the use of renewable energies offers significant opportunities for Europe to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and secure its energy supply. However, the substantial rise in the use of biomass from agriculture, forestry and waste for producing energy might put additional pressure on...

The consumption of goods and services in EEA member countries is a major driver of global resource use — and associated environmental impacts. Growth in global trade is resulting in an increasing share of environmental pressures and impacts from European consumption taking place beyond Europe....

The European economy needs huge amounts of resources to function. Apart from consuming minerals, metals, concrete and wood, Europe burns fossil fuels and uses land to satisfy the needs of its citizens. Demand for materials is so intense that between 20 and 30 % of the resources we use are now...

The workshop addressed a variety of issues, including the magnitude of the pharmaceuticals market and the amounts of pharmaceutically active substances produced; the pathways by which active substances enter the environment; detected or assumed environmental effects; and ways to reduce impacts....

This technical guide is an addendum to the CORINE Land Cover Technical Guide, published by the European Commission within the frame of the CORINE Programme (CEC, 1994).This addendum 2000 was prepared by the European Topic Centre on Land Cover and Phare Topic Link on Land Cover to support the...