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Nuclear energy, both from fusion we hope in twenty years, and that of fission in 4th generation...
In many cases, the packaging of goods is more extensive than the goods purchased. Articles are...
Management can massively increase the humus content in most of Europe’s arable soils. This has a...
We use drinking water for our shower, the toilet, the swimming pool... We should encourage the...
(This is one of 26 proposals drawn up by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the Future of...
Every year there are forest fires in the EU, which are hardly brought under the control of the...
In Germany, packaging waste is collected separately for 30 years. Despite the effort and costs...
A complementary measure to the "EU" label and to the future identity card for garments that...
To encourage the use of less polluting modes of transport, the EU should further support...
We can restore soil heating with natural earth cooling, with moisture cycles and only about humus...
Climate change is accelerating. This is due to strong feedback loops. This problem has not been...
In order to stop the temperature rise of the oceans and the melting of the polar caps, floating...
(This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...

Since 1975, Latvian scientists have been recommending cranberries and bilberries in peat of acid...
To discuss the possibility of replacing thermopan glazing in apartments with ‘new thermopan...
Road construction through boglands (e.g.A 20) and water protection areas (e.g. A49) should be...
As part of the workshop conducted by Europe Direct Łódź, recommendations were developed: —...
The EU’s agriculture is now to a large extent designed to produce goods for the world. This has...
In order to address the waste problem in the EU, the following measures should be taken: —Stop...
Photovoltaics on new buildings
In general, all new EU buildings, as well as motorways, government buildings and brownfield land,...
Territorial cohesion policy has been one of the successes of the European Union and has enabled...
Make the healthy food cheaper than unhealthy food.
1) Any new building in the EU to be built after 2023 will have to have a renewable energy source,...
In order to replant trees massively, the EU should pay farmers and land owner to replant trees...
Why not allow for the possibility that all European national meteorological agencies join forces...
The problem with solar or wind power is that you can store the energy generated only for a short...
Require all producers of goods to indicate how packaging is to be disposed of.
Mars is searching for traces of water that used to be there. When the use of H2 technology...
In order to combat global warming, less CO2 emissions and more CO2 should be removed from the...
The environmental problem also has to do with the attitude of us people. Reducing consuance is an...
The EU’s long-term vision for rural areas, presented by the European Commission on 30 June,...
Make the Ecosia search engine use to public bodies, schools, law enforcement agencies, hospitals,...
Create an interactive map where everyone can mark an alert on a pollution event and then recruit...
The production of hydrogen is complicated and polluting. But we will need to produce clean and...
Vouloire reducing our energy needs is a chimera.. Our future is a clean and abundant energy. For...
Very large natural areas need to be protected to promote wildlife and the return of...
Air transport is responsible for a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. In the context of...
One of the legs of the transition that “we want” will come from the hand of the “renewable”...
Transport generates a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to combat global...
To reduce emissions, flights between cities for which there is an alternative train mobility...
Prohibit the sale of washing machines without suitable filters to prevent groundwater pollution.
Climate change will lead to higher temperatures. This will be particularly felt in cities where...

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Define strict levels on how much noise emisssion that are allowed for car tires. It...
Define strict levels on how much noise emisssion that are allowed for car tires. It...
Climate change will confront us at times of water scarcity and times of heavy rainfall. It is...
There is absolutely no better form of renewable energy than others. Much depends on the...
Where appropriate, as an experiment in areas of each country. This can be a two-year trial period.
Soil is a finite resource and any new sealing of land makes it environmentally useless....
The European Union has the economic availability, authority and, above all, the responsibility to...
(This is one of 26 proposals drawn up by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
The EU must start exploiting solar energy to a much larger extent. I am convinced that our...
In order to reduce air pollution in cities and increase the well-being of city dwellings, Europe...
There should be strong ESG
(environmental, social and governance)
criteria at the heart of what...
(environmental, social and governance)
criteria at the heart of what...

Environmental systems should be represented in court as a legal person; hydrogen-powered means of...
Social economy values can be applied to the management of water from collection to distribution...
To reduce pollution related to the movement of people and goods There were in France a lot of...
The self-use of the electricity generated by the own photovoltaic system is complex and therefore...
There are incredible business models in the social economy which work towards the Green...
We no longer need to sign free trade agreements on what we can produce locally (within Europe)...
The COVID-19 pandemic as well as the passive and continuous response of our governments to the...

Castile-Leon is the largest autonomous community in Europe and the third most depopulated region....
As the construction of wind turbines is often opposed by local residents, it should be examined...
European agricultural subsidies are a mess. They are highly expensive, ineffective & blocking...
It is clear that phasing out fossil fuels is a good step towards more effective environmental...
Direct or indirect financial support to a single undertaking is a competitive disadvantage for...
All subsidies in agriculture must be linked to environmental measures. The current practical form...
The pathways to a sustainable future are diverse. If entrepreneurial creativity is not hampered,...

Today I travel by train from Brussels to Madrid on one day, crossing 1 500 km. With the plane, it...
Many of the waste collected for recycling is shipped abroad to third-world countries where many...
If we accept that the Green Deal is the new growth strategy that seeks to transform the European...
My proposal is for all EU countries to introduce container deposit systems for plastic bottles...
When we have landmarks pointing to the space lit all night in places where nobody spends energy...

Build on IPCC reports to find out what carbon budget is available at EU level (and the EU should...
The characteristics of all products and services offered in the EU must be presented...
Source: Austria Radiosender Ö1 of 27.4.2021 “Concrete Change” Karl Urban accounts for 60 % of...

There are large companies (p ej SAP) that are offering their partners through a HR platform to...
The present wind and solar power generation (and their possible upscaling) is not sufficient to...
Would like to see a Europe-wide fuel tax. We have a CO2 tax, but why do we not tax fuels that...
Equip all dwellings with clean energy in order to make them self-sufficient in electricity...
The cities of the future should be car free. People could travel eastly and comfortably by free...
All roof surfaces with neither photovoltaic elements nor green surfaces could counteract global...
I don’t have a precise explanation of how exactly climate neutrality and energy transition should...
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