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EU-15 refers to EU Member States, EEA-EFTA to the EFTA countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, AC-10 to acceding countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia - no data available from Cyprus) and CC-3 to candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey).
Due to inconsistencies in the Eurostat data set Norway is excluded for all years (efficiencies >100%).
It has been assumed that the main use of water for agriculture is for irrigation
Above preindustrial levels for pathways stabilising at 450 and 550 ppm CO2equivalent concentration levels (upper row) and the pathways that peak at 510 and 550 ppm respectively (lower row)
Note: Based on EEA Land cover data per November 1997
Note: The decoupling columns displayed in the chart represent annual decoupling
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