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30 Ιουλ 2024 · This briefing presents the status of regulated pollutants in ambient air in 2022 and 2023 in relation to current EU air quality standards and World Health Organization (WHO) guideline levels.
Overview. The Ambient Air Quality Directives set EU air quality standards for 12 air pollutants: sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide / nitrogen oxides, particulate matter (PM 10, PM 2.5), ozone, benzene, lead, carbon monoxide, arsenic, cadmium, nickel, and benzo (a)pyrene.
The WHO updated its global air quality guidelines (AQGs) in September 2021. In this revision, focused on PM, ozone, NO2, SO2 and carbon monoxide (CO), the WHO adjusted almost all its recommended limit values downwards compared with the guidelines' previous version dating back to 2005.
30 Μαρ 2013 · This manuscript introduces the air quality legislation and reviews the quality of European air for recent years. Air quality target and limit values for air pollutants under EU legislation....
Highlights that methane emissions are not regulated under EU air pollution legislation, and not specifically regulated under EU climate policy; welcomes the recently published ‘EU strategy to reduce methane emissions’, and encourages the Commission to effectively address the need to minimise methane emissions, especially from agriculture ...
25 Μαρ 2013 · This manuscript introduces European air quality legislation and standards and shows how air pollution and exceedance of standards are communicated with the public. It also provides a brief status of the European air in 2011.
7 Οκτ 2018 · Effective air quality policies require action and cooperation beyond the local and national levels, on a European and global scale. This publication presents key air pollutants, lists natural sources of air pollution, and details emissions from human activities by sector.
