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Background Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been linked to changing climate patterns which pose considerable environmental challenges for EU Member States. The speed at which these changes are taking place is generating socio-economic impacts that are already detectable, and that are increasingly affecting disadvantaged areas. ...

"Steel is the most used metal in construction and the costs of protecting Europe’s structural steel installations and assets from corrosion is thought to be 3% of GDP (or about €375BN). However, there are two factors that will increasingly affect future protective coatings developments: VOC emissions and health/safety issues. Firstly there is a strong mandate to apply VOC emissions legislation to ...