Achieving the 2020 target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport fuels remains problematic for most European Union Member States according to the latest reported data up to 2018 released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today.
Pollution
Cleaner air since the start of coronavirus restriction measures could lead to a global increase in wheat yields this year of between 2% and 8%, according to a study led by the JRC.
This report presents the state of play of implementation on all aspects of the NEC Directive, from air pollutant emissions inventories to ecosystems impacts monitoring.
An EU-financed project involving public and private organisations from Spain and Italy has developed new biopolymers for use in the leather-making process which have a smaller environmental footprint than the products that are currently being used in tanning processes.