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Emissions of most harmful air pollutants dropped in 2018, marking EU progress under UN Convention

News Published 23 Jul 2020 Last modified 04 Sep 2020

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Photo: © Arif Miletli, Sustainably Yours /EEA

Emissions of the five most harmful air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and ammonia (NH3) reduced across the European Union between 2017 and 2018 according to updated data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The data is from the annual EU emission inventory report sent to the UNECE Air Convention (Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution - CLRTAP).