The European Environment Agency and the Joint Research Centre published a report providing a comprehensive overview of the EU's pollution reduction efforts. It provides insights into current pollution levels, evaluates the effectiveness of existing policies and highlights areas needing improvement. Additionally, it highlights significant progress in areas like air quality and reductions in pesticide and antimicrobial use, while identifying ongoing challenges in agriculture, transport and waste management. The report underscores the importance of fully implementing and enforcing environmental legislation to achieve the 2030 zero pollution targets, and calls for additional actions to address high levels of resource consumption and pollution impacts.

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