Energy And Environment in the European Union: Tracking Progress Towards Integration

Energy resources are essential to the generation of industrial, commercial and socio-economic growth, but they also place considerable pressures on the environment, such as emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants. This report analyses the environmental pressures created by energy production and consumption, and underlying societal drivers in order to measure the progress towards integrating environmental objectives within the energy sector in Europe, using a set of 24 EEA energy and environment indicators and related EEA Core Set Indicators. It updates the analysis made in an earlier EEA report 'Energy and environment in the European Union', (2002, ISBN 9291674680).