As pressure on world’s natural resources increases rapidly, European Parliament showed overwhelming support today for measuring Europe’s use of resources, in a step towards a resource efficient future, including full incorporation of resource efficiency into the Europe 2020 economic agenda. However, Europe will not make the most of the environmental, economic and social benefits of …
Take action for sustainable land consumption!
In Europe, we are currently consuming an area of land one and a half times the size of our continent. This amount is increasing and as a continent Europe is putting more and more pressure on the limited land the planet has left. Our current land footprint is pushing up food prices, driving land-grabs, contributing …
Europe ready for resource efficiency
European politicians laid foundations for a resource efficient Europe today, with wide political support shown for the need to measure Europe’s resource use. This is a crucial first step towards reducing Europe’s resource use, according to Friends of the Earth Europe, but the European Commission must follow suit in order for Europe to gain the …
Conference presentations Nov 9th: Responsible or irresponsible: Europe’s resource use and its impacts
Presentations: 9th November 10:00 – 11:00 Europe’s land dependency and its impacts Stephan Lutter – Researcher, Sustainable Europe Research Institute Anders Dahlbeck – European Campaign Coordinator, ActionAid David Cardozo – Sobrevivencia (Friends of the Earth Paraguay) 11:30 – 12:30 Tackling Europe’s land dependency Michael Warhurst, Resources and Consumption Programme Co-ordinator, Friends of the Earth Europe …
Conference presentations Nov 8th – Responsible or irresponsible: Europe’s resource use and its impacts
Presentations: 8th November 9:40 – 10:30 Opening – How responsible is Europe’s resource consumption? Jacqueline McGlade – Executive Director, European Environment Agency 11:00 – 12:30 Can decoupling result in responsible resource use? Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel – Member of the UNEP International Resources Panel Ton Manders – Deputy Head, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Keith …
Conference: Responsible or irresponsible: Europe’s resource use and its impacts
Europe imports huge amounts of resources; but exactly how much, and at what cost? Is Europe consuming natural resources responsibly; or irresponsibly over-consuming, without consideration of the impacts? Europe is recognising the urgent need to tackle its resource dependency: the European Commission has published its Flagship Initiative on resource efficiency, and the Roadmap to a …
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