Title: EC Green Week - Changing our Behavious (Meeting June 2007) 
Resource Type: document --> technical publication --> proceedings / conference paper(s) 
Country: European Union 
Year of publication: 2007 
Availability: Web link 
Author 1/Producer: European Commission 
Author / Producer Type: Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body 
Report / download web link (=direct link): http://ec.europa.eu/environment/greenweek/conference_present ...  
EUGRIS Keyword(s): Brownfields
Contaminated land-->Cost benefit analysis-->Cost benefit analysis overview
Contaminated land-->funding
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Human health
Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Risk assessment overview
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Assessment tools
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Economic
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Environmental
 
Short description: Green Week (organised by the European Commission in Brussels June 2007) reviewed the lessons learnt from past environmental actions and look at how these can be applied to current and emerging environmental problems such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, and pressure on resources. Tuesday, 12 June Session 2. Where are we today? Climate change: learning from science Session 3. Where are we today? Human health Session 4.1 Where are we today? From damage limitation to forward planning Session 5. Where are we today? Land use and biodiversity Wednesday, 13 June Session 6.1 Responding to the challenges. Climate change The climate challenge of the 21st century - climate impacts, options and needs to adapt to climate change Session 6.2 Responding to the challenges. Climate change Limiting global climate change to 2 °C - the way forward in domestic and global climate policies Session 7. Future scenarios: human health and the environment Session 8.1 Future scenarios: natural resources and secondary materials - from European approach to global challenge Session 8.2 Future scenarios: ship dismantling - how to tackle the costs and challenges of global recycling Session 9 Future scenarios: land use and biodiversity Session 10.1 Global responsibility. Footprints International approaches to a more sustainable use of natural resources - strengths and limits of voluntary and regulatory approaches Session 10.2 Global responsibility. Footprints EU environment policy in the context of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Session 11.1 Responding to the challenges. Market instruments Making green pay - economic instruments for a clean environment Session 11.2 Responding to the challenges. Market instruments Making green pay - global carbon markets and EU ETS Session 12.1 Responding to the challenges. Economic sector Sustainable production - a joint effort! Session 12.2 Responding to the challenges. Economic sector Role of the IPPC Directive to deploy environmental technologies and promote innovation - return of experience and possible future development Session 13. Responding to the challenges. Actors Regions and cities as motors for environmental sustainability Thursday, 14 June Session 14. 1 Achieving effective international co-operation. Governing the global environment Session 14.2 Achieving effective international co-operation. Investing in environment for development How to achieve the Millennium Development Goals) Session 15. Responding to the challenges. Policy instruments Be a policymaker for a day Session 17. Responding to the challenges. Actors Engaging citizens. and changing our lifestyle Session 19. Responding to the challenges. Nanotechnology: environmental technology for the future? Session 20.1 Responding to the challenges. Land use and biodiversity: 'to feed, or not to feed: that is the question' Session 20.2 Responding to the challenges. Land use and biodiversity: 'bio-fuels - is it all gold that glitters?' Session 21.1 Responding to the challenges. Actors Business commitments for the environment - building partnership between business and biodiversity Session 21.2 Responding to the challenges. Actors Business commitments for the environment - Green Business Pays! 
Link to Organisation(s): EC European Commission
 
Link to News Items(s):   EC Green Week Meeting June 2007
Submitted By: Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?      Last update: 01/07/2007

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