Air pollution

Number of Member States that met their national emissions reduction commitments for 2020-2029 for the five key pollutants in 2020, and number of Member States that need to reduce their 2020 emission levels to meet their commitments

The figure shows the number of Member States that are below their reduction commitments and the aggregated groups with number of Member States that are above.

History of data reporting performance

The chart shows the countries' reporting performance on the basis of Eionet Core Data Flows since 2005

SO2 annual average, 2004

Annual average rural concentration map of SO2 for ecosystems, 2004

NO2 concentrations, annual average, at hot spot stations in Europe, 2004

LAT/UAT: lower/upper assessment threshold; LV/MT: limit value/margin of tolerance.

Global development in energy use

Changes in EU-15 greenhouse gas emissions by sector between the base-year and 2002 and projected for 1990-2010 with existing and additional domestic policies and measures and contribution of sectors in 2002

Annual variation in the ozone AOT40 value (May-July), 1996-2005

Average values over all rural stations which reported data over at least six years in the period 1996-2005

Concentrations of most PAH metabolites in 1990/1992 were higher in East than in West German adults, but by 1998 East Germans had approached the level of West Germans

PM10 36th maximum daily average, 2004

Combined rural and urban concentration map of the 36th maximum daily average PM10, 2004.

Change in emissions of ozone precursors compared with the 2010 NECD targets (EEA member countries)

Gothenburg targets are applied for countries without a NEC Directive target.

Change in emissions of primary PM10 and secondary particulate matter precursors

No data available for Iceland.

PCB levels found in human blood samples from Arctic people

PCB (as Arochlor 1260) concentrations in blood of mothers and women of child-bearing age.

Emissions of PM10 in 2005

EU-15 target for 2010 and share of gross electricity production met from combined heat and power production in 2000

Estimated savings for top eight CCPMs split by status (implemented/ adopted or planned) in the EU-15

The quantification of the effect of planned policies and measures refers to a hypothetical ´without measures´scenario.

Decomposition analysis of the main factors influencing the CO2 emissions from public electricity and heat production (1990-2005)

The orange bars show the factors that have an increasing effect on emissions and the green bars show the factors that have a reducing effect

Average specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars per fuel type, with targets (1995-2005)

The consistency of the time series 19952004 is not guaranteed

Ozone AOT40 for crops, 2004

Rural concentration map of ozone indicator AOT40 for crops, 2004.

Unleaded petrol use in Europe 1996

Identified anthropogenic contribution to rural PM2.5 concentrations (annual mean, ug/m3) for 2000 and 2010, for CAFE baseline emissions; using four-year average meteorological conditions

Development of mean plot concentration in open-field measurements of sulphate (SO4, 285 plots), nitrate (NO3, 294 plots), and ammonium (NH4, 294 plots); 1996-2001

Share of number of installations and emissions by size of installation

Zero: emitters with verified zero emissions; Mini: emitters below 0.5 kt CO2/yr; Small: emitters of 0.5 to 50 kt CO2/yr; Medium: emitters of 50 to 500 kt CO2/yr; Large: emitters over 500 kt CO2/yr

Exceedance of critical loads of acidity, EMEP 2004 deposition data

This map shows areas in Europe where ecosystems are exposed to atmospheric loads of acidity (sulphur plus nitrogen compounds) that are greater than the critical load for the most sensitive ecosystem in each 50 x 50 grid cell.

Consumption of ozone depleting substances (EECCA), 1989-2000

CFC: ChloroFuoroCarbon, HCFC: HydroChloroFluoroCarbon, CTC: CarbonTetraChloride; MCF: MethylChloroForm

Contribution to total change in acidifying pollutant emissions for each sector and pollutant (EU-15)

Contribution to change plots show the contribution to the total emission change between 1990-2002 made by a specified sector/pollutant.

Greenhouse gas emission targets of all EU-27 Member States, EU candidate and other EEA member countries for 2008-2012 relative to base-year emissions

Base-year emissions are determined in Initial reports, submitted in 2006 and undergoing UNFCCC review in 2007

Change in emissions of ozone precursors compared with the 2010 NECD targets (EU-15 and EFTA-3)

Annual emissions and five-year rolling average of EU-15 greenhouse gas emissions (1990-2005)

The five-year rolling average for a year (Y) corresponds to the average emissions of the five-year period: (Y-4)(Y).

EEA scorecard 2005 - Greenhouse gas emissions

Contribution to total change in acidifying pollutants emissions for each sector and pollutant

'Contribution to change' plots show the contribution to the total emission change between 1990-2006 made by a specified sector/pollutant