Monitoring report on progress towards the 8th EAP objectives 2023 edition

The 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) is the EU's legally agreed-upon, overarching framework for action on EU environmental policy until 2030.
The programme includes a long-term priority objective for 2050 of living well within planetary boundaries. It also sets out six thematic priority objectives for 2030 and the conditions needed to achieve these. It builds on the European Green Deal and aims to accelerate the green transition, as well as to protect, restore and improve the state of the environment.

The 8th EAP Decision requires progress towards attaining the 8th EAP objectives to be monitored annually, taking into account the enabling conditions and the overall goal of systemic change.

The EEA takes stock of progress towards the 8th EAP objectives annually, based on a set of 28 headline indicators (incl. climate change adapaption) and corresponding monitoring targets. This report is the first of the annual series. The European Commission selected the indicators and targets after broad consultation with stakeholders, Member States and the EEA. They represent key aspects of the 8th EAP and were outlined in the European Commission communication on the 8th EAP monitoring framework.
The EEA developed and applied a methodology to assess the prospects of meeting the 28 monitoring targets by 2030, based on the expected direction
of the corresponding 28 EAP headline indicators, described in Annex 2.

The headline indicators, their targets and the prospects of meeting them by 2030 are presented in the form of a scoreboard. Specifically, the table presents the indicators and corresponding targets in each of the six thematic priority objectives, the long-term priority objective and the enabling conditions in line with the Communication on the 8th EAP monitoring framework.