In October 2000 the European Commission published an all-encompassing Directive for water. Five years on from the first concept, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) was intended to replace a patchwork of other legislation, often overlapping and even contradictory,...
In 2001, the UN-ECE set up the ‘Expert Group on Techno-Economic Issues’ (EGTEI) tasked with providing a comprehensive review of the European cost and effectiveness database for the abatement of emissions to air (SO2, NOx, VOCs and Particulate Matter). The main goal of...
Water is an essential resource that has, over the years, come progressively higher on the international agenda because of its intimate relationship with both human health and ecosystem development. In the 40 years of CONCAWE’s existence water quality over the world in...
At the start of CONCAWE’s life in 1963, air quality was seen mainly as a ‘local air’ issue and the bulk of legislation in force was based on the prevention of nuisance. How things have changed! Now we have legislation on air-related issues that are regional,...
Report no. 4/03: This report has been prepared as a guidance manual for refining environmental and planning personnel who must prepare for the permitting and operational implications of the IPPC regulations which become applicable to existing operations in...
