Nuclear accidents

Stratospheric ozone depletion, increasing UV

Loss of biodiversity and genetic resources

Resources and quality of groundwater

Acidification

Hazardous waste (transport and storage)

Climate change

Forest degradation

Waste disposal

Nuclear waste

Urban air quality

Nature conservation and sensitive ecosystems

Persistent air toxics

Industrial accidents

Direct pollution (discharges, dumping) to sea

Soil contamination from waste disposal

Conservation of threatened species

Tropospheric ozone increase and episodes

Waste production

Soil and resource contamination

Fragmentation and destruction of habitats

Eutrophication of surface waters

Riverine inputs into seas

Changes in hydrological regime

Management of large rivers and lakes

Desertification

Lack of water supply

Stress and degradation due to tourism

Food security

Urban waste

Growing vulnerability of complex systems

Bioacclumulation (metals, POCs)

Energy security

Soil erosion

Risks of biotechnology

Microbiological pollution of surface water

Oil spills

Sea-level rise

Intensification of land-use

Introduction of new organisms

Shortage of industrial raw materials

Coastal erosion

Natural radioactivity (radon)

Loss of agricultural land

Shift of biogeographical zones

Draining wetlands

Floods, droughts and storms

Non-ionising radiation

Societal health

Landscape modification

Noise

Occupational health

Loss of cultural heritage

Seismic activity, volanoes

Pests and locusts

Thermal pollution of waters