07/02/12
As this report on EU budget spending in central and eastern Europe shows, there is still a vast gap between intentions to achieve positive climate objectives and the actual use of available EU money. The findings in this report describe the ongoing failure in implementing the EU’s current climate objectives, which are still low in comparison with what the EU could and should be doing in order to stop climate change. What is missing is the integration of EU climate objectives in our everyday life. Yet the EU Structural and Cohesion funds can be the catalysts for bridging the gap between policy and practice.
