Action Programme Environment
The EU is committed to intensify its efforts to protect our natural capital, stimulate innovation and low carbon and efficient growth in the use of resources, and protect the health and welfare of the population, always respecting the natural limits of the Earth. This is a common strategy that should guide future actions of both the EU institutions and Member States, since both bodies are responsible for their implementation and the achievement of its priority objectives.
The program is based on a long-term vision:
"In 2050 we live well, respecting the ecological limits of the planet. Our prosperity and our healthy environment are the result of an innovative Circular economy where nothing is wasted and where natural resources are managed sustainably, and biodiversity protects and restores values so that the resilience of our society is strengthened. our low carbon growth takes time dissociated from the use of resources, thus marking the transition to a safe and sustainable world economy "
The program outlines nine priority objectives and what the EU needs to do to achieve them by 2020. These are:
1. protect, conserve and enhance the natural capital of the Union;
2. turn the Union into one, efficient use of resources, ecological and competitive low carbon economy;
3. protect EU citizens against environmental pressures and risks to health and welfare;
4. maximize the benefits of environmental legislation of the Union improve its implementation;
5. improve environmental awareness and broaden the base of evidence on which to base policies;
6. ensure investments for climate policy and environment and take into account the environmental costs of all activities of society;
7. better integrate concern for the environment into other policy areas and ensure consistency of new policies;
8. increase the sustainability of cities of the Union;
9. strengthen the effectiveness of the Union to tackling environmental and climate challenges internationally.
