On Monday 29 July, the European Commission recommended that the EU Council authorise it to negotiate, on the EU’s behalf, the revision of the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, in preparation for the 46th session of the Executive Body in December 2026.
The Gothenburg Protocol, which came into force in 2005, was designed to reduce air pollution in order to protect human health and the environment by reducing emissions of sulphur, nitrogen...