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Since the late 1970s, the European Union's (EU) policy has been to develop and drive appropriate measures to improve air quality throughout the EU. The control of emissions from mobile sources, improving fuel quality and promoting and integrating environmental protection requirements into the transport and energy sector are part of these aims.
An additional motivation driving the EU's emerging environmental policy was the increasing international politicisation of environmental problems and the growing realisation from the beginning of the 1970s that environmental pollution did not stop at national borders, but had to be addressed by cross-border measures. [7]
Rounds of heavy rainfall plagued the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe during the end of December and into January, bringing to light a growing environmental problem in countries hopeful to ...
This article is a list of environmental disasters. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in a negative effect on the environment . Main article: Environmental disaster
The European Environment Agency stated that from pre-industrial times, European land temperatures have increased by 1.94–1.99 °C, faster than the global average increase of 1.11–1.14 °C. [ 40 ] The Arctic sea ice decreased 33.000 km 2 between 1979 and 2020 per year during the winter and 79.000 km 2 per year during the summer in the same ...
Environmental impact of shipping (Cruise ships in Europe • Cruise ships in the United States) Environmental issues with war — Agent Orange • Depleted uranium • Military Superfund site (Category only) • Scorched earth • War and environmental law • Unexploded ordnance
Environmental racism is environmental injustice in a racialised context. These issues may lead to infringement of environmentally related human rights. [2]: 10 [3]: 252 Environmental justice is a social movement to address these issues. In Europe, environmental racism has been postulated in particular toward Romani communities.
Environmental disasters in the United Kingdom (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Environmental disasters in Europe" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 ...