17 May 2018
Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Romania and Hungary have been sent to Europe’s top court for their consistent failure to tackle toxic air pollution. The six […]
28 November 2018
Energy efficiency and circular economy crucial Europe still 10 years behind Paris Agreement €200bn of annual health benefits by cutting air pollution The […]
25 July 2019
The Commission is sending Bulgaria and Spain to Europe’s highest Court for repeatedly breaching EU air quality standards and failing to guarantee citizens’ right to clean […]
11 September 2019
Five months past the deadline, EU officials are still waiting for fifteen Member States to detail their programmes to improve air quality. National governments were due […]
7 October 2019
The amended Gothenburg Protocol enters into force today, marking an important step towards protecting human health, ecosystems and the climate from dangerous pollutants. The protocol sets […]
16 October 2019
Poor air quality is putting our health at stake, reveals the European Environment Agency in a new report released today – but campaigners warn national action […]
29 November 2019
Brussels, 29 November 2019 – The European Commission has published its conclusions on the Fitness Check of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive, at the Clean […]
6 March 2020
EU environment ministers have accepted that more needs to be done to ensure European air quality standards are met across the continent. Civil society groups welcomed […]
21 April 2020
Europe risks going “back to a dirty future” Covid-19 deaths linked to pollution 21 April 2020, Brussels – Air pollution is returning to China after […]
26 June 2020
Nearly all member states must step up their effort to cut air pollution and ensure citizens can breathe clean air, states the European Commission in a […]
23 November 2020
Air pollution health impacts make us more vulnerable to Covid-19, report highlights Most Europeans living in cities are still breathing air that is dangerous to their […]
18 December 2020
All of the EU’s member states but two have failed to show how they will slash air pollution to comply with the emissions limits set out […]
