Unless urgent, far-reaching and decisive action is taken, the EU will miss its environmental objectives by 2020 and its climate objectives by 2030, according to the five-year report on the state of Europe’s environment published on Wednesday 4 December by the European Environment Agency.
While emphasising that Europe is facing “environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency”, the EEA believes that there is nevertheless reason to hope and to realise the vision of a...