Zero pollution monitoring and outlook 2025
EEA-JRC Report 13/2024
Pollution continues to pose a significant threat to ecosystems, the economy and public health. The European Green Deal (EGD), and particularly the zero pollution action plan (ZPAP), have modernised and expanded the European Union (EU)'s pollution-combatting regulatory framework. The second edition of the Zero pollution monitoring and outlook (ZPMO) report provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of pollution reduction efforts across different sectors. It outlines areas where the EU has made significant progress, as well as those which require further action. It builds on a wide range of data, offers key insights into the sources and impacts of pollution across the EU, and highlights both achievements and challenges as the EU works to meet the targets set out in the ZPAP. As noted in the first Zero pollution monitoring assessment (ZPMA) in 2022, notable progress has been made in several areas including air quality, and reductions in pesticide and antimicrobial use. Nevertheless, agriculture, transport and waste remain important sources of pollution. The EU's excessive consumption of natural resources is leading to pollution at a scale that is unsustainable and its impacts exceed the planetary boundaries. This pollution also leads to significant impacts on third countries, due to imported goods. Furthermore, ongoing pressures on ecosystems highlight the urgency of reducing resource consumption and boosting circular economy initiatives while more rigorously enforcing existing environmental policies.
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (EEA) .;
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE .;
2025-04-14
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC139633
978-92-9480-691-8 (online),
1977-8449 (online),
OP TH-01-24-015-EN-N (online),
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/zero-pollution-monitoring-and-outlook-report,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC139633,
10.2800/6470682 (online),
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