Energy and environment in the European Union. Executive summary

Summary of Environmental Issues report No. 31. This is the first indicator-based report produced by the European Environment Agency on energy and the environment. It covers the European Union, and is designed to provide policy-makers with the information necessary for assessing how effectively environmental policies and concerns are being integrated with energy policies, in line with the environmental integration process initiated by the European Council's Cardiff Summit in 1998. The report aims to support the EU's sixth environmental action programme and in this way to provide input, from an environmental perspective, to sustainable development in the EU.