First ‘zero pollution’ monitoring and outlook ‘Pathways towards cleaner air, water and soil for Europe’

Summary:

Report published by the European Commission on 8 December 2022, comprising the first Zero Pollution Monitoring and Outlook Report.

Further information:

This report is part of the eighth Environment Action Programme (8th EAP) monitoring framework which sets out key indicators per priority objective and other sector-specific monitoring tools to provide a detailed and coherent picture. The overall objective of this report is to present the progress and outlook on the six targets that were adopted in the Zero Pollution Action Plan, by highlighting also the existing gaps.

It is the policy summary of the Monitoring Report which has been compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and integrated the most relevant past and current data across all pollution areas monitored at EU level and the Outlook Report which was coordinated by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). The modelling and foresight results are based on an assessment of the expected pollution-reduction benefits of key - including recently-tabled - EU policy initiatives.

Official

European Commission: Press Releas, 08/12/2022: Zero pollution: 2030 targets within reach but need stronger action https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7552

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