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"Environmental Impact Assessment must be more tailor-made"
The European environmental impact guideline project has been mapping out the environmental effects of major projects for 25 years. In the meantime, the environmental impact assessment (EIA) has become...
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Towards a low-carbon society: what role for the unions?
Within the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, a workshop on the role of the trade unions in the evolution towards a low-carbon society and on raising...
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Efficiency of ecosystem services is crucial
On the conference ‘Adaptation to the changing climate: time to intensify efforts’, Flemish Minister for the Environment, Nature and Culture, Joke Schauvliege signalled the need to give more attention...
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Schauvliege: “Each step in the right direction is a step ahead”
Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture Joke Schauvliege will soon be departing to Cancún (Mexico) for the annual UN Summit on Climate Change. As chairwoman of the European Environment...
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Towards a genuine 7th Environmental Action Programme
The stakes were high: to discuss the future European environment policy for the next ten years. The European conference that has just come to an end was therefore of great importance.Media:
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Belgian SMEs share their stories: Eco-innovators in Europe
Celebrating the 9th ETAP-Forum, organized by the European Commission, on the financing of eco-innovation, (Brussels, November 29-30, 2010), the Belgian Presidency of the European Union stressed the...
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2.2 billion euros for combating climate change in developing countries
In 2010, the European Union and its member states contributed 2.2 billion euros to the ‘fast start’ financing. Fast start financing is a rapid form of financial aid for developing countries so that...
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Environmental Lawyers and Commission discuss European Environmental Law
On 24 November 2010, the tenth NEEL conference on European environmental law was held. NEEL is the Network of European Environmental Lawyers. In the course of the conference it emerged that it is not...
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Cautious optimism after first week UN climate summit
The 16th UN summit on climate change began on Monday 29 November in Cancún (Mexico). After a week’s negotiations, the tone is cautiously positive. All countries want to avoid a confrontation and reach...
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“New step in the right direction”
Joke Schauvliege – the Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture, who represented the European Union and the 27 Member States as chair of the European Environment Council at the COP-16 on...
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Close of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010
Within the framework of the Belgian Presidency and the International Year of Biodiversity, a conference day was organised at the Bois du Cazier. At the conference, the recent decisions taken at the...
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Environment Council
Press release Council agrees to make pest control products saferMedia:
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Last formal Environment Council gives green light to Belgian priorities
The last formal European Environment Council in Brussels has completed a very busy agenda today under the presidency of Joke Schauvliege, the Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture. “All...
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