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EU ‘only partially on track’ to meet environmental targets: report

Only 5 out of 28 indicators are fully on track.
Melodie Michel
EU ‘only partially on track’ to meet environmental targets: report
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Despite some progress, the EU is not on track to meet most of the environmental targets it has set for itself, a new progress assessment has found.

The report, published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), shows that progress towards the bloc’s 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) – which sets out six priorities to live within planetary boundaries by 2050 – actually slowed down between 2023 and 2024.

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