EU environmental policies [What Think Tanks are Thinking]

Environmental protection is a comprehensive and well-established policy in the European Union. The environmental standards set by the Union are among the strictest in the world and the development of a sustainable economy is treated as a priority. Despite efforts to water down standards or renationalise policy, EU legislation has established more than 130 environmental targets and objectives to be met between 2010 and 2050. The EU is the world leader in efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions responsible for climate change.

This note offers links to commentaries, studies and reports on the topic from major international think tanks on EU environmental policies. More publications on the EU role in securing an agreement in Paris last year on handling climate change can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are Thinking.’

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Paris Agreement on Climate Change [What Think Tanks are Thinking] http://www.europeansources.info/record/paris-agreement-on-climate-change-what-think-tanks-are-thinking/

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