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Action to manage and improve air quality is largely driven by European (EU) legislation.  The 2008 ambient air quality directive (2008/50/EC) sets legally binding limits for concentrations in outdoor air of major air pollutants that impact public health such as particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2).  As well as having direct effects, these

Data drawn from annual reports of Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) participants for the most recent compliance year. This dataset covers the UK. This data is used in the Annual Report Publication (ARP) under Article 75 of the legislation establishing the scheme - the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013. This provides for publishing this information on the basis of participants' annual

Site sponsored by the University of Edinburgh, provides information and data relating to the COBWEB project.

The European nature information system, EUNIS, brings together European data from several databases and organisations into three interlinked modules on sites, species and habitat types.

Website hosted by the European Commission. This European Soil Portal is an integral part of the European Soil Data Centre, which is one of the ten environmental data centres in Europe and is the focal point for soil data at European level. This European Soil Portal contributes to a thematic data infrastructure for soils in Europe. It presents data and information regarding soils at European

The Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) has been commissioned by the Welsh Government to assess the performance of Glastir. GMEP was launched at the same time as the Glastir scheme. This provides fast policy feedback allowing for the scheme to be modified to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Click the links below to find out more about the work GMEP is undertaking within the

LWEC home page provides information relating to the 10 year partnership.

Sponsored by Defra, NAEI home page; provides information on the various sections of the UK national atmospheric emissions inventory.

The Pre-Assessed Areas for Wind Energy are designated by Future Wales (the National Development Framework) as areas where there is a presumption in favour of large-scale wind energy development, subject to detailed policy assessments contained within the document. Any scheme would need to be assessed through the statutory planning application processes.

Future Wales is currently being

This is a dataset of the Strategic Search Areas (SSAs) identified in Technical Advice Note (TAN) 8: Planning for Renewable Energy.

The SSAs are areas in Wales identified in TAN 8 as being the most appropriate locations for large scale wind farm development. The detailed characteristics of the SSAs and the methodology used to define them are outlined in TAN8 and its Annexes. For further

Sponsored by the Met Office, UKCP home page; provides information on and links to the latest UK climate projections.

Unified Peat Map of Wales is based on a combination of the following layers:

          BGS surface peat

          Forestry Commission survey peats

          Lowland peat survey (NRW)

          Phase 1 habitat

Hosted by Ricardo-AEA on behalf of the Welsh Government and the Welsh Air Quality Forum. This website aims to provide you with comprehensive information about Air Quality in Wales.