The costs of climate change Climate change already causes about 400,000 deaths per year and a 1 per cent loss of global GDP. By 2030 human and monetary losses may double. Read more
Editorial: Difficult is not a strong enough reason to passively accept Agriculture is the foundation of food production in a world that is facing the challenge of feeding nine billion people by 2050. However the agricultural sector is also responsible for significant emissions of the major greenhouse gases .. Read more
Tighter standards for PM proposed in the US Strengthening the annual fine particle pollution standard will improve health protection and provide benefits worth billions of dollars. Read more
Is air quality in Europe getting any better? In 2010, 90–95 per cent of the EU’s urban citizens were exposed to PM2.5 levels higher than the reference values recommended by the World Health Organization. Read more
Climate change evident in Europe Further impacts of climate change in Europe are expected in the future, potentially causing high damage costs. Read more
Great potential for changing behaviour With a policy package that motivates citizens to take up a more healthy diet, replace their fossil fuel cars with electric cars and decrease room temperature, emissions in the EU could be reduced by about a quarter of the projections for the non-ETS sector by 2020. Read more
EU greenhouse gases fell by 2.5 per cent in 2011 A mild winter in 2011 and high prices for oil and gas have, despite an increase in the use of coal and lignite, put European Union greenhouse gas emissions back on a downward track. Read more
The Climate Bonus Cleaner air, better health and a more efficient economy are some of the many co-benefits that we will get from investing in climate mitigation, writes Alison Smith, author of a newly published book: “The Climate Bonus”. Read more
Air pollution burden still too high, despite improvements To adequately protect health and the environment, air pollutant emissions need to be further reduced, according to a new study by the European Environment Agency. Read more
Cleaner fuels will dominate in 2020 The preferred emission control options for ships trading in emission control areas (ECAs) after 2015 will be low-sulphur distillate fuel oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to a study by DNV. Read more
Increased Arctic shipping threatens the environment Unless action is taken, the increase in shipping and other human activities in the sensitive Arctic ecosystem is likely to cause irreversible damage. Read more
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