Memo: Informal Environment Council in Gent on the 13th of July 2010

Joint Statement of Joke Schauvliege, Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture, Chair of the Environment Council, and Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action.

Given the political importance of climate change, the panel decided to dedicate the working lunch of the Informal Council on Sustainable Materials Management to the subject. Sustainable Materials Management not only leads to a green economy by stimulating innovation, job creation and the conservation of natural resources, it could also entail bottom-up measures to reduce greenhouse gas emission on the short term.

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