Photo: © Lars-Erik Håkansson IED review may bring justice to affected citizens The proposal for the review of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) reveals several improvements, but there are also serious flaws when it comes to reporting and adapting to climate targets. Read more
Photo: Flickr.com / Missy_S. CC BY-NC Editorial: Clean air narrative must include lifestyle changes Spring has arrived in Sweden and the trees are bursting into leaf. But these are also worrying times ... Read more
Nitrogen dioxide levels (NO2) decreased sharply in major cities in France, Spain, and Italy during the first lockdown in spring 2020. Photo: © Marco Iacobucci Epp / Shutterstock.com Air quality still a major health risk for Europeans The Covid lockdown led to reduced pollution from traffic in 2020. Nevertheless, 96 per cent of Europeans were exposed to harmful levels of fine particultate matter (PM2.5). Read more
Photo: © Audio und werbung / Shutterstock.com Will FuelEU Maritime deliver on decarbonisation? Policymakers should introduce dedicated quotas and incentives to boost demand for hydrogen-based shipping fuels. Read more
Farmers will be obliged to reduce ammonia emissions from dairy cattle by almost a quarter. Photo: © Alexander Narraina/ Shutterstock.com Flanders acts on nitrogen pollution In April the Flemish government presented a proposal to deal with the high levels of nitrogen emissions in the region. Read more
The location of CCS projects mentioned in the text. Image: © Alpha_7D / Shutterstock.com CCS around the world This is a continuation of an article from the previous issue, here presenting the situation for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Australia, China and the US. Read more
Photo: © IhorL / Shutterstock.com Bye, bye oil, hello peace & democracy We can get rid of oil, is the chief message of a new AirClim report, Phasing out oil. Many of the methods and policies were in fact devised in 1974, and many have been added since. Read more
Upper right corner: Fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after Russian shelling 4 March 2022. Main photo: IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the same day at a press briefing, explaining the situation. Photo: Flickr.com / Daniel Arrhakis CC BY-NC & Flickr.com / IAEa IMageBAnk CC BY Implications of the Russian military attack on Ukrainian nuclear facilities Russian military attacks on Ukrainian power plants were the first real example of an event that was always considered a theoretical scenario. Read more
Screenshot from a campaign video by CAN Europe. The Paris Agreement climate goal is within reach, but requires steep emission reductions Over the past year Climate Action Network Europe, Climate Analytics and AirClim have been working on an analysis of pathways ... Read more
Contempalting an emissions gap. Image: ©Alberto Andrei Rosu/ Shutterstock.com Are we really on track to limit temperature rise below 2°C? A recent Nature article by Malte Meinshausen et al.1 received considerable attention in the media under the headline that current countries’ pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions may limit global temperature rise to just below 2°C. Read more
Image: © Bjoern Wylezich / Shutterstock.com EU carbon market must deliver faster emission cuts There is an overestimation of the carbon-allowances needed and the current proposal will even be inadequate to meet the 2030 target, according to new research. Read more
Photo: © Robert Kneschke / Shutterstock.com Fossil advertising – halfway towards a ban A campaign that is calling for a ban on fossil advertising at EU level is well underway. Its main objective is to achieve an EU ban on fossil advertising through a citizens’ initiative that is currently collecting signatures throughout the EU. Read more
Photo: © tavan150 / Shutterstock.com Planning for a green recovery While the war is still ongoing, the Ukrainian environmental movement has already started to plan for how sustainabilty can be integrated in the rebuilding of their country. Read more
Cod in the Baltic Sea are struggling, even without climate change and ocean acidification. Image: Flickr.com / Raw Pixel LTD CC BY Climate change and other threats to marine life in the Baltic Sea Researchers conclude that climate change represents the overarching factor, affecting almost all the other natural and human-induced factors in the Baltic Sea. Read more
Photo: © Shane Myers Photography / Shutterstock.com Marine heatwaves forecasted Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are extended periods of extremely warm seawater. They can have very serious consequences both ecologically and socioeconomically. Read more
Photo: © Vadim Petrakov/ Shutterstock.com 1.5°C: a tipping point for the Arctic A recently published briefing by Climate Analytics summarises some of the observed and projected impacts on the physical, biological, and human dimensions ... Read more
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