Latest ETC Reports (included in homepage)

After 18 years of its implementation of the Environmental Noise Directive (END) (EU, 2002), trends between 2012 and 2017 suggest that the number of people exposed to levels of noise considered harmful to human health has not significantly been reduced. Achieving a reduction of the negative impacts of noise pollution is essential within the context of the EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil'. This report provides the compilation of a questionnaire sent to EIONET intending to identify the political, contextual, environmental, economic and societal challenges that countries, regions and cities face when planning and implementing measures for reducing the negative impacts of noise. About 147 answers have been provided covering 23 countries: 16 from EU27 and 23 from EEA38.