The European EnvironmentState and Outlook 2015 (SOER 2015)

SOER 2015 Coordination Group, European Environment Agency (EEA)

BISE-CHM Expert Meeting-4 December 2014 –

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- report (151 pp) + summary

SOER 1995 - addresses 5 EAP targets

- focus on sectoral integration

- big report (446 pp) + summary

SOER 1999 - addresses environmental trends

- focus on DPSIR, link between issues

- bigger report (569 pp, Part A, B & C)

SOER 2005 - addresses air, water, land

- focus on DPSIR, core set of indicators

- several reports (Parts A, B, C + Synthesis)

SOER 2010 - addresses 6EAP priority areas

- focus on systemic challenges2014...

SOER […] publish a report on the state of, trends in and prospects for the environment every five years

SOER 2015The path from SOER 2010 to SOER 2015

2010 2011 - Reflecting 2012 - Planning 2013 - Preparing 2014 - Producing 2015

SOER 2015 Project Plan

SOER 2015 Implementation Plan

Draft selection of Part B and Part C topics (incl. Eionet consultation)

Final selection of focus for all parts (by Dec) - Phase 1

First Draft Part B & Part C (by Mar), Part A & Synthesis (by May) - Phase 2

Publication4 MARCH 2015

Quality assurance and Eionet consultation (including MB Seminar ) - Phase 3

Second Draft Part B & Part C (by Jul), Part A & Synthesis (by Sep) - Phase 4

Final quality assurance, final updates, SOER 2015 Online finalisation (by Nov) - Phase 5

SOER 2015A suite of product(s): a report, and 87 short briefings

Global Megatrends

EuropeanBriefings

Cross-Country Comparisons

CountryBriefings

• Air pollution• Biodiversity• CC impacts & adapt. ..• Mitigating Climate...• Forests• Freshwater• Marine• Noise• Soil• Waste• Agriculture• Consumption• Energy• Industry• Maritime• Tourism• Transport• Health• Resource efficiency• Air & climate system• Land systems• Hydrological systems• Urban systems• Natural capital• Green economy

• Air pollution (focus on selected pollutants)

• Biodiversity (focus on protected areas)

• Climate Change (focus on greenhouse gases)

• Freshwater (focus on nutrients in rivers)

• Waste (focus on municipal solid waste )

• Agriculture (focus on organic farming)

• Energy (focus on energy consumption and renewables)

• Transport (focus on passenger transport)

• Resource efficiency (focus on material resources)

A set of 39 four-page briefings which summarise the state and outlook of the environment in each of 39 European countries.

•33 EEA Member Countries•6 Cooperating Countries in the Western Balkans.

In addition, 3 regional four-page briefings give an overview of the main environmental challenges in neighbouring areas:

•Arctic Region•Black Sea•Mediterranean Sea

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Part 1

– Setting the scene

Part 2

– Assessing trends

Part 3

– Looking ahead

Synthesis Report

• Diverging global population trends

• Living in an urban world

• Disease burden and risk of new pandemics

• Accelerating technological change

• Continued economic growth?

• From a unipolar to a mulitpolar world

• Intensified global resource competition

• Growing demands on ecosytems

• Consequences of climate change

• Increasing pollution load

• Diversifying trends in governance

SOER 2015Cross-country comparisons

Cross-Country Comparisons

• Air pollution (focus on selected pollutants)

• Biodiversity (focus on protected areas)

• Climate change (focus on greenhouse gases)

• Freshwater (focus on nutrients in rivers)

• Waste (focus on municipal solid waste )

• Agriculture (focus on organic farming)

• Energy (focus on energy consumption and renewables)

• Transport (focus on passenger transport)

• Resource efficiency (focus on material resources)

• Focus: EEA indicator-based cross-country comparisons for 9 themes, with links to national level indicators and interpretation.

• Format: 9 briefings, 4 pages each based on EEA indicators.

• Basis: drafted by EEA, based on EEA and Eurostat indicators.

SOER 2015Part C – 9 four-page cross-country comparison fiches

Topics Indicators

Air CSI ‘Emissions of main air pollutants’

Agriculture Eurostat indicator on ‘Area under organic farming’

Biodiversity CSI008 ‘Designated areas’

Freshwater CSI020 ‘Nutrients in Freshwater‘

Mitigating climate change CSI ‘EU and national total GHG emission trends and projections’

Waste CSI016 ‘Municipal waste generation’

Energy CSI029 ‘Primary energy consumption by fuel’

Transport CSI035 ‘Passenger transport demand’

Resource efficiency Eurostat indicator on ‘Resource productivity (GDP/DMC)’

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SOER 2015Direct Eionet involvement

• The NFPs coordinate reviews by the respective thematic NRC and other

country-level experts as part of the regular consultation process;

• The NFPs and NRC-SOE, channel country-level input to the SOER 2015,

especially as part of the Part C;

• The NFPs reflect on the findings of the Synthesis stakeholder workshops at a

dedicated session during the regular Eionet meetings;

SOER 2015Online – ẞeta version

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