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A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled 'A European Eco-efficient Economy', will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Ĺre on 23–25 July.
LinksDossier: Energy efficiency: the EU's action plan
EU member states have asked the European Commission to table a directive on biowaste in 2010 "if appropriate" and consider local conditions when drafting the new law, which could be tabled in 2010.
An EU strategy on preventing and recycling waste aims to pave the way towards a recycling society by decoupling economic growth from natural resource use. (read more)
Political objectives to reduce CO2 emissions and transform the energy system are set to shape the EU's industrial and economic development in the coming decades, but the 'third industrial revolution' could be hampered by a financing squeeze as the world grapples with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. (read more)
At a landmark summit in December 2008, EU leaders reached agreement over an energy and climate change 'package' to deliver the bloc's ambitious objectives of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions and boosting renewable energies by 20% by 2020. (read more)
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