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Several major European cities (> 100 000 inhabitants) are potentially exposed to flood events (return period 100 years)
GHG projections for the EU-15 are calculated on the basis of projections reported by 14 Member States
Notes: Map prepared at a 10 km x 10 km grid resolution, showing average run-off with some smoothing of local detail
AC-8 refers to all acceding countries, except Cyprus and Malta
AC-7 consists of Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania representing around 60 % of total freight transport in 1997 (excluding Cyprus and Malta)
Western Europe: Germany (5), UK (2)
Emissions from agricultural transport and energy use are excluded, as these sectors are not defined as part of the agriculture sector by the current IPCC guidance
Number of river stations for each country given in brackets
The graph shows a breakdown of the main sources causing soil contamination by country as % of the number of sites where preliminary investigations have been completed
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/find/global or scan the QR code.
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