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2005 Environment Policy Review
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Date: 16 February 2006
Country: Various
6th Environment Action Programme 2001-2010 - Environment 2010 Our Future, Our Choice
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Date: 20 April 2001
Country: Luxembourg
6th Environmental Action Programme
Author: EEAC
Date: 20 June 2000
Country: Belgium
6th Environmental Action Programme of the European Union
Author: European Environmental Bureau
Date: 20 December 2002
Country: Belgium
A Guide on Hazardous Waste Management for Florida's FRP Manufacturers
Author: Florida Dept of Env Protection
Date: 23 June 2003
Country: United States
Action for More Sustainable European Tourism
Author: Tourism Sustainability Group
Date: 8 February 2007
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An EU Strategy for Biofuels
Author: EU Commission
Date: 8 February 2006
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An Integrated Maritime Policy
Author: EU Commission
Date: 10 October 2007
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An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union
Author: EU Commission
Date: 10 October 2007
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An Introduction to Clean-Marinas Australia
Author: Marina Association of Australia
Date: 22 December 2005
Country: Australia
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Document DetailsCOM(2006) 70 final
Author: Date Published: 16 February 2006 Country: Various Type: PDF file Overview: 2005 was a year of challenges for environment policy. Taking a broad view, three main sets of events defined the year: • Major steps have been taken in the fight against climate change. The Kyoto Protocol entered into force and the world’s biggest emissions trading scheme for CO2 began in the EU. The Montreal Climate Change Conference paved the way for post-2012 global action, including ways to engage countries currently outside Kyoto commitments. • The foundations of the next generation of environment policy were laid with the Commission’s adoption by January 2006 of 5 thematic strategies. They frame actions for the next two decades on: Air pollution, Marine environment, Urban environment, Use of resources, and Waste. Work on another 2 – Soil protection and Pesticides – has progressed well, with adoption expected in early 2006. In addition, important progress has been made in the Council and Parliament on Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH), on course for 2006 adoption. • The review of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy provided a new framework for addressing long-term economic, social and environmental trends and their synergies. The renewal of the Lisbon strategy for Growth and Jobs and the production of national reform programmes by Member States highlighted the role of environment in growth, competitiveness and employment. All this happened against a backdrop of pressure on natural resources worldwide, increased oil prices and climate-related disasters in Europe, which showed the dependence of our economies and societies on the environment. This Review describes the most important issues for EU environment policy during 2005. In the first chapter, it examines environment policy’s part in the Lisbon strategy for Growth and Jobs. It then summarises the year’s main policy developments in the four priority areas of the 6th Environment Action Programme, presents newly released evidence, and outlines aspects of 2006 actions |
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Author: Date Published: 20 April 2001 Country: Luxembourg Type: PDF file Overview: In the first year of the 21st century, the European Commission has adopted its proposal for a new Action Programme for the environment for the next 5-10 years. The Programme is far reaching. This booklet outlines the four environmental priorities and some of the actions to address them, along with proposed new ways of achieving our environmental challenges. What kind of environment do we want to live in? What kind of environment do we want our children and grandchildren to inherit? This is the starting point for the new Environment Action Programme: Environment 2010: Our Future, Our Choice, which the Commission has proposed to the Member States and the European Parliament. All of us believe that the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat should be free of harmful pollutants. We want to avoid the threat and uncertainty of climate change. A clean and healthy environment is vital to the quality of life we desire for ourselves now and for our children in the future. Protecting the planet creates both challenges and opportunities. Through greater efficiency and better use of natural resources, we can break the old link between economic growth and environmental damage. We can be both more prosperous and greener. Many people in Europe have now become aware that we need to act more prudently and efficiently. We need to grasp opportunities for innovation that can improve our environment and the economy. We are starting to take more responsibility for our own behaviour and its impact on the environment. Individuals, families, businesses and environmental associations now make efforts to recycle waste, to save energy, to buy green products and to protect the countryside. We have made progress over the last 30 years. Since the 1970s, the European Union has put into place a network of measures to protect our environment. European Union policies have led to a steady improvement in the quality of air and water, for example. However, much more remains to be done. Pressures on the environment are increasing. We have to deal with climate change, the erosion of our countryside, growing quantities of waste and chemicals that get into food, air and water. If progress is to continue, we now have to put the environment at the heart of decision-making on every issue: from transport to energy, from industry to farming. |
Document DetailsViews from the European Environmental Advisory Councils (EEAC)
Author: EEAC Date Published: 20 June 2000 Country: Belgium Type: PDF file Overview: The European Environmental Advisory Councils welcome the opportunity to contribute on the preparation of the Sixth Environmental Action Programme (6EAP), in response to the Commission's Communication "Europe's Environment: What Directions for the Future". Whilst the Fifth Environmental Action Programme (5EAP) has undoubtedly contributed to the integration of environmental issues into other sectors, progress toward the overall goals has not been sufficiently effective. There were successes on some environmental themes (air pollution, acidification, water quality, etc), but at the same time there was less success on other issues (climate change, landscape quality, species and habitats, etc.). This was accompanied by a huge implementation deficit. The 6EAP should therefore aim to take into account the key topics of the previous programmes, namely integration, implementation and the use of a range of instruments. |
Document DetailsLegally Binding Commitments and Obligations
Author: European Environmental Bureau Date Published: 20 December 2002 Country: Belgium Type: PDF file Overview: The 6th Environmental Action Programme (6EAP) of the European Union came into force in July 2002. "DECISION no. 1600/2002/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 July 2002 - Laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme" contains a number of improvements compared with the original proposal from the European Commission, partly due to the intensive work of the EEB and its members. Below I give an overview of the most important commitments and obligations laid down in the final, legally binding text. These commitments and obligations can become important tools for placing pressure upon all three EU Institutions over the forthcoming ten years. |
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Author: Florida Dept of Env Protection Date Published: 23 June 2003 Country: United States Type: PDF file Overview: This document was published to help educate businesses on hazardous waste management issues affecting them. The suggested options may help businesses to operate in an environmentally appropriate manner. Some of the options may go beyond what is required to remain in compliance with regulations. Business owners are responsible for obtaining complete information about applicable regulations. Misrepresentations or omissions by the Florida Department of the Environmental Protection or the Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management do not relieve any person from any requirement of federal regulations or Florida law. |
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Author: Tourism Sustainability Group Date Published: 8 February 2007 Country: Type: PDF file Overview: The purpose of this report is to stimulate action to make European tourism more sustainable and to maintain this as a continuous process. It is aimed at public bodies, private enterprises and other organisations at the European, national, regional and local level. Much of the report is about encouraging joint action between the public and private sectors. It is the report of the Tourism Sustainability Group (TSG), which was set up by the European Commission in 2004. The Group1 comprises individuals from international bodies, member state governments, regional and local authorities, the tourism industry, professional bodies, environmental organisations, trade unions and research and educational bodies, who have expertise and experience in the sustainability of tourism. Members attended in their own capacity as experts rather than as representatives of organisations. In 2003 the European Commission reported on basic orientations for the sustainability of European tourism2. This heralded the formation of the TSG and charged it with creating a framework for action by the different stakeholders and providing guidance for local destination management and the use of indicators and monitoring systems. This report of the TSG is the result. The report will be used by the European Commission as the basis for communicating an Agenda for the Sustainability of European Tourism3, following a period of consultation. The report draws upon the deliberations of the TSG, including a number of working groups. It sets out: • Why tourism is so important in the pursuit of sustainable development and what our aims should be in making European tourism more sustainable. • The key challenges that European tourism faces in meeting these aims. • Recommended processes for working together to address the challenges. • A framework for action at different levels and by various stakeholder groups. • A set of specific initiatives to be taken at the European level. |
Document DetailsCOM(2006) 34 final
Author: EU Commission Date Published: 8 February 2006 Country: Type: PDF file Overview: In the EU, transport is responsible for an estimated 21% of all greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing to global warming, and the percentage is rising. In order to meet sustainability goals, in particular the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions agreed under the Kyoto Protocol, it is therefore essential to find ways of reducing emissions from transport. This is not the only challenge. Nearly all the energy used in the EU transport sector comes from oil. Known oil reserves are limited in quantity and restricted to a few world regions. New reserves exist, but will mostly be more difficult to exploit. Securing energy supplies for the future is therefore not only a question of reducing import dependency, but calls for a wide range of policy initiatives, including diversification of sources and technologies. In the EU a range of actions is already being taken. Vehicle manufacturers are developing new models that are cleaner and more fuel efficient, as well as working on new concepts. Efforts are also being made to improve public transport and encourage the use of environmentally-friendly modes of transport where possible. Further endeavours are needed to make reductions in the amount of energy used for transport. Developing countries face similar and even greater challenges with respect to transport energy: rising oil prices are badly affecting their balance of payments; reliance on imported fossil fuels implies vulnerability and they too are faced with the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The central importance of energy policy in helping the EU meet the challenges of globalisation was confirmed by the Union’s heads of state and government at the informal Hampton Court summit in October 2005 where the Commission was requested to prepare proposals for the development of a reinvigorated European Energy Policy. One important element of such an approach would be means to address Europe’s over-dependency on imported oil and gas and to develop a coherent approach, based on a robust economic, environmental and social impact analysis, on how to progressively reduce this dependency. This communication looks at the role biofuels could play in this context. Processed from biomass, a renewable resource, biofuels are a direct substitute for fossil fuels in transport and can readily be integrated into fuel supply systems. Biofuels can be used as an alternative fuel for transport, as can other alternatives (see 2.1) and thus help prepare the way for further advanced developments, such as hydrogen. Although most biofuels are still more costly than fossil fuels their use is increasing in countries around the world. Encouraged by policy measures, global production of biofuels is now estimated to be over 35 billion litres. The EU is supporting biofuels with the objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, boosting the decarbonisation of transport fuels, diversifying fuel supply sources and developing long-term replacements for fossil oil. The development of biofuel production is expected to offer new opportunities to diversify income and employment in rural areas. |
Document DetailsCOM(2007) 575 final
Author: EU Commission Date Published: 10 October 2007 Country: Type: PDF file Overview: The seas are Europe's lifeblood. Europe's maritime spaces and its coasts are central to its wellbeing and prosperity – they are Europe's trade routes, climate regulator, sources of food, energy and resources, and a favoured site for its citizens' residence and recreation. Our interactions with the sea are more intense, more varied, and create more value for Europe than ever before. Yet the strain is showing. We are at a crossroads in our relationship with the oceans. On the one hand technology and know-how allow us to extract ever more value from the sea, and more and more people flow to Europe's coasts to benefit from that value. On the other hand, the cumulated effect of all this activity is leading to conflicts of use and to the deterioration of the marine environment that everything else depends on. Europe must respond to this challenge; in a context of rapid globalisation and climate change the urgency is great. The European Commission has recognised this, and launched a comprehensive consultation and analysis of how Europe relates to the sea1. It has triggered a massive response from stakeholders that reveals clearly the enormous potential of the seas, and the scale of the challenge if we are to realise that potential sustainably. It has also provided a wealth of ideas as to how Europe can rise to meet this challenge. Building on this valuable input the Commission proposes an Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union, based on the clear recognition that all matters relating to Europe's oceans and seas are interlinked, and that sea-related policies must develop in a joined-up way if we are to reap the desired results. This integrated, inter-sectoral approach was strongly endorsed by all stakeholders. Applying it will require reinforced cooperation and effective coordination of all sea-related policies at the different decision-making levels. An Integrated Maritime Policy will enhance Europe's capacity to face the challenges of globalisation and competitiveness, climate change, degradation of the marine environment, maritime safety and security, and energy security and sustainability. It must be based on excellence in marine research, technology and innovation, and will be anchored in the Lisbon agenda for jobs and growth, and the Gothenburg agenda for sustainability. |
Document DetailsCommission Staff Working Document SEC(2007) 1278
Author: EU Commission Date Published: 10 October 2007 Country: Type: PDF file Overview: |
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Author: Marina Association of Australia Date Published: 22 December 2005 Country: Australia Type: Word Document Overview: |
