Towards a green economy in Europe. EU environmental policy targets and objectives 2010–2050

The present report aims to build on the EEA's Environmental indicator report 2012, providing a more detailed overview of the key objectives and targets in EU environmental policy and legislation for the period 2010–2050. The review is based on a broad analysis of the EU legislation in force and the main political and strategic documents of the last decade. For three of the policy areas — energy, air pollution and waste — the review of targets and objectives is complemented with a brief assessment of the trends of key indicators and the distance to associated EU targets and objectives.