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SUV/4x4: — 50 % speed/speed/Geschwindigkeit
SUV/4x4: — 50 % speed/speed/Geschwindigkeit
Avatar: %{name} Thomas Miles 25/04/2021 16:03
Impose a 50 % speed reduction on vehicles of the type 80 or sports commercial vehicles to take...
Europe-wide uniform HighSpeed train network
Avatar: %{name} Lennart Feil 10/05/2021 15:46
A highspeed-train network connecting all the European capital cities and big cities to make a...
A European factory for territorial transitions and a European training programme for elected representatives and managers of local and regional authorities
Avatar: %{name} Pierre Calame 02/08/2021 09:01
There is a “revenge of territories”: they had lost their importance in the 19th and 20th...
Genuine Conservation of nature
Genuine Conservation of nature
Avatar: %{name} Susanna Sajankoski 19/04/2021 21:20
The world’s beautiful, green, quiet and ideal treasures should not be the target of environmental...
Create transparency in purchasing decisions
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 15:43
(This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
Use of the results of the future conference
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 16:06
(This is one of 26 proposals prepared by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
The Climate Emergency Train
Avatar: %{name} catherine vieilledent 15/08/2021 13:52
Rail today accounts for 7 % of passenger transport and 19 % of freight in Europe. This comes from...
Imposing a penalty per country above a threshold on the amount of carbon footprint
Avatar: %{name} Mihaela Moreau 04/05/2021 20:48
As well as penalties for car manufacturers, imposing carbon footprint penalties on each Member...
Ban pesticides in private gardening
Avatar: %{name} Michael Kohlmayer 30/04/2021 10:09
The use of pesticides in agriculture has been lawfully led to heated debates. But there is no...
New climate legislation should support investments and innovation
Avatar: %{name} Alena Mastantuono 23/11/2021 14:49
Business investment should not be slowed down by regulatory uncertainty. A new EU-level...
CeQuiC European Coordination of Joint and Connected National Carbon Agencies
CeQuiC European Coordination of Joint and Connected National Carbon Agencies
Avatar: %{name} Armel PRIEUR 11/06/2021 16:33
For an automatic reduction of the carbon footprint in a democratic parity: coordinate national,...
CO2 tax EUR 195/t CO2 on all GHG emissions
Avatar: %{name} Karin Irina Wust 24/08/2021 00:34
A CO2 tax on all greenhouse gas emissions. The price of greenhouse gas emissions must be as high...
Creative society as a necessary format for effective solutions to society’s challenges, including climate change
Creative society as a necessary format for effective solutions to society’s challenges, including climate change
Avatar: %{name} Karolína 23/01/2022 03:14
Environmental pollution and climate change are overwhelmingly depleting not only European but...
Individual tools to estimate and improve its climate, energy and ecological footprint
Avatar: %{name} Patrick BRENIER 20/04/2021 09:08
Every consumer is involved in the green transition and every product we consume has an energy,...
Reduction of bottles for personal hygiene
Avatar: %{name} Simone Amorati 20/04/2021 08:11
Every year, an average person consumes 11 bottles of bath foam, producing tonnes of plastic...
Atomy_wahre_Costs
Avatar: %{name} Maria Bauer 21/04/2021 08:44
I think that the ‘real’ cost of nuclear energy must be set. In order to cover all the costs of an...
Connect Europe — European rail transport
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 14:22
(This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
Invest in new technologies and mobilise emission-reducing pilot projects
Avatar: %{name} Alena Mastantuono 23/11/2021 14:46
Climate change mitigation represents an opportunity for economic growth. We need to quickly...
A Collaborative Networking Platform for The Future of E-waste
A Collaborative Networking Platform for The Future of E-waste
Avatar: %{name} songzhilin shi 25/11/2021 16:05
We propose a European networking platform to incentivize WEEE (waste from electrical and...
Photovoltaics on new buildings
Avatar: %{name} Account deleted by user
In general, all new EU buildings, as well as motorways, government buildings and brownfield land,...
EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) plays a crucial role for business
Avatar: %{name} Alena Mastantuono 23/11/2021 14:48
The EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) and other market-based instruments are essential. The EU...
EU to play an active role in international climate policy
Avatar: %{name} Alena Mastantuono 23/11/2021 14:51
It is important for the EU to play an active role in international climate policy to involve...
Near environmentally friendly movements.
Avatar: %{name} STELIOS KARANIKAS 21/01/2022 15:55
(on behalf of the group of students of the EPAS programme at the 1st Experimental High School of...
Environmental taxes on meat to reduce GHG-emissions & improve health
Environmental taxes on meat to reduce GHG-emissions & improve health
Avatar: %{name} Jeroom Remmers 09/05/2021 15:09
The EU has to reduce GHG-emissions to realise the 1,5 degrees Celsius goals of the Paris Climate...
European charging network for electric vehicles
Avatar: %{name} Fabrizio Bogo 29/04/2021 17:50
To speed up the energy transition and incentivise the transition to electric transport, I propose...
Combat the misinformation on scientific topics like nuclear energy and GMOs
Combat the misinformation on scientific topics like nuclear energy and GMOs
Avatar: %{name} Yann Jouanique 13/05/2021 11:01
Today if you ask a random French person how many deaths they think Chernobyl has caused, they are...
A dense European network of night train connections that offers viable alternatives to short and medium haul flights is possible!
A dense European network of night train connections that offers viable alternatives to short and medium haul flights is possible!
Avatar: %{name} Sebastian HANS 22/06/2021 15:36
To make rail connections an attractive alternative to air transport, Europe needs to invest a...
Support for the establishment of Territorial Economic Agencies in all European territories
Avatar: %{name} Pierre Calame 02/08/2021 08:30
Territorial cohesion policy has been one of the successes of the European Union and has enabled...
Impose non-polluting packaging
Avatar: %{name} Nathalie Konstantinovitch 20/04/2021 08:30
Our power to change as an individual is limited if large companies continue to sell plastic water...
Addressing compliance deficits in the implementation of environmental legislation
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 15:46
(This is one of 26 proposals drawn up by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the Future of...
YEEAH! The Youth European Environmental Ambassadors Hub - The EU’s hub for the new generation of environmental leaders
YEEAH! The Youth European Environmental Ambassadors Hub - The EU’s hub for the new generation of environmental leaders
Avatar: %{name} Francesca Arato 09/11/2021 20:36
YEEAH! aims at facing the climate and environmental crisis through a bottom-up educational...
Promoting biodiversity development in cities
Avatar: %{name} Tatiana Stellian la Chachapoyana 24/04/2021 10:58
Biodiversity is under threat and this impacts on future food resources available to Europe’s...
Stop EU-Mercosur trade agreements
Avatar: %{name} Moritz Koch 29/04/2021 11:11
Portugal’s Prime Minister presented his priorities during the Presidency of the EU in January...
Efficient and sustainable use of energy at home.
Avatar: %{name} STELIOS KARANIKAS 21/01/2022 13:29
(on behalf of the group of students of the EPAS programme at the 1st Experimental High School of...
Reduce agricultural exports
Avatar: %{name} Max Heeke 14/05/2021 12:43
The EU’s agriculture is now to a large extent designed to produce goods for the world. This has...
Kerosene must be taxed
Avatar: %{name} Wolfgang Wörner 10/05/2021 12:24
What lobby prevents a kerosene tax, which has been overdue for years? Following the example of...
Reduce livestock numbers for the climate.
Reduce livestock numbers for the climate.
Avatar: %{name} Eline Verstraeten 12/05/2021 14:19
Two thirds of all agricultural land in the world is used for livestock or animal feed. Millions...
End Fossil now! No more money for polluters
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 12:00
(This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
Ambitious climate targets should be reached without undermining European competitiveness
Avatar: %{name} Alena Mastantuono 23/11/2021 14:41
The EESC employers' group strongly supports the Paris agreement and 1.5-degree policies, however...
Limiting free trade agreements to what we can produce
Avatar: %{name} Damien Cmoi 08/05/2021 11:50
We no longer need to sign free trade agreements on what we can produce locally (within Europe)...
A just energy transition for all.
Avatar: %{name} STELIOS KARANIKAS 21/01/2022 14:11
(on behalf of the group of students of the EPAS programme at the 1st Experimental High School of...
Create an Europe wide bike junction network like in the Netherlands
Create an Europe wide bike junction network like in the Netherlands
Avatar: %{name} Juergen Schwarz 11/05/2021 17:53
The Netherlands have invented the best way to designate both overland and local bike routes with...
Creating a carbon currency and a carbon account for all Europeans citizens
Avatar: %{name} Loïc GROSSE 16/05/2021 16:10
Currently, greenhouse gas emissions are subject to a carbon market that only concerns the main...
Promoting sustainable livestock farming and discouraging intensive livestock farming
Avatar: %{name} Angelo Sinuello 02/05/2021 11:43
I propose that the incentives for livestock farming be given not on the basis of the number of...
Support and tax advantages for fuels from bio-reactors
Support and tax advantages for fuels from bio-reactors
Avatar: %{name} Bernd Erbert 21/04/2021 12:20
Many new technologies, in particular hydrogen vehicles and accumulators, will need to be widely...
End subsidisation of diesel and fuel oil
Avatar: %{name} Felix Thomas Mendner-Mattes 23/05/2021 10:22
Diesel and fuel oil are taxed at a lower rate than petrol. This subsidy (9,5 billion euro in 2015...
European Sustainability tax
Avatar: %{name} Chiara Margaretha Przybilla 25/05/2021 20:59
If we want sustainability, why not create a sustainability tax for all products from inside and...
Strengthening spatial planning around European rail and river routes
Avatar: %{name} Mouvement européen 17/02/2022 16:05
The aim is to build on and connect existing rail and river corridors, so that they are the...
Making the train optimal for 100 to 1 000 km — Single European Intercity Rail Network High Speed
Making the train optimal for 100 to 1 000 km — Single European Intercity Rail Network High Speed
Avatar: %{name} Bert Luyts 09/06/2021 13:17
Today I travel by train from Brussels to Madrid on one day, crossing 1 500 km. With the plane, it...
Urban and urban farms!
Avatar: %{name} Nicolas POUSSIN 20/04/2021 18:24
Today, urban areas are the most emitting areas of human activity, but they also represent an...
European Commission
Avatar: %{name} Zsuzsanna Szászné Molnár 20/04/2021 18:24
In relation to nature protection and green themes in general, I propose to focus, in addition to...
Sustainable biodynamic agriculture and related approaches
Sustainable biodynamic agriculture and related approaches
Avatar: %{name} Elisabeth Verwegen 06/07/2021 13:47
Make a long-term plan to transform agriculture in Europe into sustainable, biodynamic agriculture...
A territorial integrated approach to EU maritime policies
Avatar: %{name} Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions 14/02/2022 14:59
The CPMR highlights how the oceans play a decisive role in the current and future challenges of...
Alternative nuclear power generation
Avatar: %{name} Jean-Marc Furlano 13/05/2021 15:08
The European Union should look into alternative nuclear power sources such as Thorium reactors or...
European Movement International : Policy Position On The European Green Deal
European Movement International : Policy Position On The European Green Deal
Avatar: %{name} Vanessa Cotterell 07/06/2021 11:59
The European Green Deal (EGD) can not only help Europe achieve its climate goals, but also...
Encourage the use of the train against the plane.
Avatar: %{name} STELIOS KARANIKAS 21/01/2022 16:19
(on behalf of the group of students of the EPAS program at the 1st Experimental High School of...
Supporting clean EU sourced energy for EU
Supporting clean EU sourced energy for EU
Avatar: %{name} Imrich Rada 27/04/2021 22:25
Well, I do not think we need to “re-invent the wheel”. We need solution, which would be...
Providing decarbonised transport solutions for all Regions
Avatar: %{name} Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions 03/02/2022 11:36
Regarding the question concerning transport within the European Union, the CPMR asks for a rapid...
An adequately funded transition for a prosperous, resilient and climate neutral future in all Regions
Avatar: %{name} Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions 14/02/2022 11:58
Considering the objectives that the European Union has set itself with regard to climate change...
Car free cities, free public zero emissions transit
Avatar: %{name} Marthe Niemöller 25/05/2021 21:30
The cities of the future should be car free. People could travel eastly and comfortably by free...
Food waste — Indication of consumption time after expiry date and permission to sell
Avatar: %{name} Mihaela Moreau 04/05/2021 21:52
Everybody knows at least one product that can be consumed safely after the date indicated on the...
Improving quality of life in cities
Avatar: %{name} Daniel Verbraeck 28/04/2021 17:07
Our growth-based economic model has allowed humanity to develop unprecedentedly, but causes major...
A climate neutral EU/Europe must be based on a just transition, a place-based approach, and on the involvement of regions
Avatar: %{name} Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions 14/02/2022 12:41
Regarding the issue of climate, energy transition, and climate neutrality for 2050, which must be...
Taxation of fossil fuel combustion
Avatar: %{name} Erik De Bruin 01/06/2021 21:25
Would like to see a Europe-wide fuel tax. We have a CO2 tax, but why do we not tax fuels that...
Local associations for the recovery of bio-waste
Local associations for the recovery of bio-waste
Avatar: %{name} Salvatore Di Pisa 06/05/2021 17:07
Dear everyone, I am the engineer Di Pisa Salvatore. Please find below my idea of social...
Use of the word "Climate Crisis" instead of "Climate Change"
Avatar: %{name} Kira Bönisch 08/10/2021 11:31
Words have power. The word change generates a positive meaning, something good. Change is normal,...
Set goals on scientific basis & try all options
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 15:02
(This is one of 26 proposals drawn up by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
Are the electric cars really good to solve the air pollution?
Are the electric cars really good to solve the air pollution?
Avatar: %{name} Pablo Sound 21/04/2021 16:17
Recently the electric vehicles are often supported, even by government policies in several...
Increase the mandatory guarantee for the defect of products from two to 5 years
Avatar: %{name} Jozef Stasik 03/05/2021 15:39
If the EU is serious about ecology, this is a crucial step. A washing machine that breaks down...
Higher ambition levels in NDCs and increased engagement at international level
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 14:52
(This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
Nature-based solutions: Marshes, moors protect (also forests)
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 14:47
This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
Vertical turbines, instead of conventional wind turbines
Avatar: %{name} Christian Loth 07/05/2021 16:22
Vertical turbines are more efficient as smaller, fewer maintenance and surfaces are not wasted....
EU ETS: Faster exit from free certificates & parallel entry into CBAM/climate club
Avatar: %{name} Bundesumweltministerium Deutschland 02/09/2021 12:23
(This is one of 26 proposals drawn up by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
Reducing climate impact through a security architecture based on trust, empatia and peace
Reducing climate impact through a security architecture based on trust, empatia and peace
Avatar: %{name} Andreu Ginestet 30/04/2021 15:59
One of the European Union’s problems is that it is not consistent with the criteria of peace,...
Deny access to our odds, cruise ships above a certain size
Avatar: %{name} Mihaela Moreau 04/05/2021 21:30
The world is at the forefront of these huge floating buildings in Venice’s waters, for example,...
Floating Small Hydro Power Plants
Floating Small Hydro Power Plants
Avatar: %{name} Vladimir Müller 11/05/2021 13:14
I am the author of the Slovak patent SK288244B6 whose role is to make optimal use of the most...
Renounce headphones in EU visitor centres
Avatar: %{name} Olivia Sophia Alphons 08/10/2021 11:33
The audio guides made available to visitors for guided tours through the EU institutions use...
Reducing electricity prices and thus strengthening climate protection
Avatar: %{name} Matthias Otto 21/04/2021 11:39
Reduce the price of electricity within the EU to 10 ct. As a result, market-based mechanisms...
No mass farming, more animal welfare, more animal dignity
Avatar: %{name} Luisa Kämpfer 04/08/2021 07:44
I call for more animal welfare and more animal dignity: 1. Ban on cage keeping. 2. A higher...
Save the Europe’s Green Deal — Delete the Piso’s Dam — Portugal
Save the Europe’s Green Deal — Delete the Piso’s Dam — Portugal
Avatar: %{name} Emanuel Miranda 10/05/2021 18:04
Please Europe’s Union, Save the Europe’s Green Deal to prevent more Intensive Agriculture and...
Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies - what can the Conference on the Future of Europe do?
Avatar: %{name} Ecologic Institute 08/09/2021 16:38
In the EU, fossil fuels are heavily subsidized. In 2018, for example, fossil fuel subsidies in...
Redistribution of first pillar of aggrieved money
Redistribution of first pillar of aggrieved money
Avatar: %{name} metal bikeiron 13/05/2021 09:51
Aggrar subsidies support individual large farms and are detrimental to the ecological,...
Sustainable agricultural policy and ecological diversity
Avatar: %{name} Emanuel Herold 25/01/2022 17:39
We call on the EU to change the rules and subsidies in the agricultural policy in order to...
The future of the EU Green Deal
The future of the EU Green Deal
Avatar: %{name} SGI Europe 12/10/2021 15:47
Recent flooding in Europe demonstrated the urgency to build sustainability and resilience through...
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