"We must do more to protect the environment" and "the air we breathe": this cry for alarm comes from a group of researchers, who have been appointed by the EU Commission to investigate the issue, after which they published a report on the journal of "Environmental Science and Technology". According to the experts of Accent, an advanced network funded by the EU, "the international protocols and the national legislations currently in force which aim at reducing atmospheric pollution must go beyond the current objectives if we want to prevent the climate and the environment suffering more damage due to the high ozone concentrations". Until this happens, "a better use of the existing technology can help contain the harmful effects of the emissions and bring the ozone level back to the allowed standards in most regions of the planet". This would minimise "the negative impact of ozone on human health, the ecosystems and the overheating of the planet". The researchers compared the results of 26 models of atmospheric chemistry from all over the earth’s atmosphere. "The next step" of the research, to be made in cooperation with the EU offices, "will be to develop some practical guidelines as to how to enforce these conclusions, starting from a careful cost and benefit analysis".
