Structural indicators

In the context of the EU growth and jobs strategy, environmental concerns mean "greening up the economy" to take account of the environmental impact of decisions and activities in other sectors.

Some indicators:

- Greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto base year
The potential negative impacts of these emissions on the environment are so severe that they could affect sustainable growth – the main goal of the growth and jobs strategy.

- Energy intensity of the economy  
This monitors the decoupling of energy use from GDP growth and shows the extent to which energy is being used more efficiently in the creation of wealth.

- Electricity generated from renewable sources
Sustainable economic growth depends on more energy being produced from renewable sources.

- Volume of freight transport relative to GDP 

- Volume of passenger transport relative to GDP 
There should be a decoupling between GDP growth and transport growth. Increased traffic can damage the environment and economic growth through congestion, noise and pollution.

- Resource productivity
An aggregate measure of the material efficiency of an economy, showing whether the use of natural resources is being decoupled from economic growth.

- Municipal waste generation and treatment, by type of treatment method   
This indicator monitors measures taken to reduce/ reuse/ recycle waste.

Access to data collection and Quality profile (Q.P)
Titles	Data	Q.P
Greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto base year		(QP)
Energy intensity of the economy		(Q.P)
Combined heat and power generation		(Q.P)
Implicit tax rate on energy		(Q.P)
Electricity generated from renewable sources		(Q.P)
Volume of freight transport relative to GDP		(Q.P)
Volume of passenger transport relative to GDP		(Q.P)
Road share of inland freight transport		(Q.P)
Car share of inland passenger transport		(Q.P)
Urban population exposure to air pollution by ozone		(Q.P)
Urban population exposure to air pollution by particulate matter		(Q.P)
Municipal waste generation and treatment, by type of treatment method		(Q.P)
Resource productivity		(Q.P)
Fish catches from stocks outside safe biological limits:  Status of fish stocks managed by the EU in the North-East Atlantic		(Q.P)
Sufficiency of sites designated under the EU habitats directive (table frozen, for current data please see tsdnr210)		(Q.P)
Farmland bird index		(Q.P)
Healthy life years at birth by gender		(Q.P)