The Directorate General for Environment of the European Commission held a public consultation on Ensuring Sustainable Development Globally. The consultation aimed to gather views on how the European Union should follow up on the commitments that it has made to sustainable development. Questions related to issues such as the Green Economy and sustainable consumption and production. QCEA […]
Sustainable development
Around Europe 343 – June 2012
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The impact of animal farming on people and planet
The World Bank estimates demand for meat and dairy products will grow by 85 per cent by 2030. This demand comes predominantly from the industrialised, developed world. Meat and dairy production can have severe consequences for climate change and resource depletion. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in their report Livestock’s Long Shadow have estimated […]
Consultation response: competitiveness and the internal energy market
At the Quaker Council of European Affairs, we believe firmly that it is necessary to develop shared vision, goals and a sense of mutual responsibility at EU level as a context for a viable single market in energy. We need shared approaches to promoting energy conservation and renewables, so that cheap fossil- and subsidized nuclear-based […]