Conference on the Future of Europe's official logo
English

Climate change and the environment

#TheFutureIsYours Leading the way for a more sustainable future

Warning: Automatic translations may not be 100% accurate. Show original text

Look at other people’s ideas or share your own

Share an idea with us

As well as sharing your own ideas, you can also find other ideas from across Europe. Join the discussion by leaving a comment, or vote for ideas you like so more people can find them.

3746 Ideas

Filter your search below

Category
Related
Sort ideas by
Results per page:
1 Stone & 3 Happy Birds; Reducing Global Warming, Capturing and Harvesting Solar Energy and Eliminating Hurricanes and Typhoons at the same time.
Avatar: %{name} Istvan Horenyi 21/04/2021 23:46
Reducing Global Warming by Capturing and Harvesting Solar Energy with Giant Floating Solar Panel...
Review of subsidies (animal — > plant based)
Avatar: %{name} Margot Demeulemeester 19/04/2021 13:40
Dear, Graag soon review the subsidy flow to encourage individuals and entrepreneurs to consume...
Stop all fossil fuel subsidies
Avatar: %{name} Dieter Daniëls 19/04/2021 14:27
Stop all subsidies, directly and indirectly, in fossil fuels. A very ambitious green new deal can...
Climate score for products
Avatar: %{name} Joren De Bont 19/04/2021 14:13
Making a score reflecting how much impact a product has on the climate. This score will be...
Encourage people into eating less meat
Avatar: %{name} T Schutter 19/04/2021 13:58
I think it would be great that every inhabitant gets a meat card. Ypu take the card to the store,...
How to deal with the geopolitical consequences of an EU carbon tax?
Avatar: %{name} Marco MARINGONI 20/04/2021 09:25
The USA, the PRC, Australia (and possibly others) have protested against the idea of the EU to...
Promotion of nuclear energy where renewable energy cannot be used
Promotion of nuclear energy where renewable energy cannot be used
Avatar: %{name} Jan Štěch 19/04/2021 13:59
Health, I consider it very important that nuclear energy ceases to be regarded as dangerous or...
Limit the amount of plastic types used for packaging
Limit the amount of plastic types used for packaging
Avatar: %{name} Ralph Moolenaar 20/04/2021 14:04
Plastics are very versatile. As they are ready to extract from crude oil we make use of this...
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...
Set up a program for returnable food packaging made from recyclable materials
Avatar: %{name} Francois WEYKMANS 19/04/2021 14:25
The European Union could set up a program for returnable food packaging made from recyclable...
Generalising the deposit to the whole of the EU — glasses and plastics
Generalising the deposit to the whole of the EU — glasses and plastics
Avatar: %{name} Alexandre Cervoni 21/04/2021 14:22
The deposit of bottles, especially glass, makes it possible to promote efficient consumption in...
A land use tax for a transition to Agroecology
A land use tax for a transition to Agroecology
Avatar: %{name} Marco Pierini 19/04/2021 19:10
TREES are excellent technological vectors for Storing co2, at the same time they perform...
Either Bruxelles or Strasbourg
Avatar: %{name} Betty Chatterjee 09/05/2021 13:43
It would be less environmentally-wasteful to choose just one city as an EU HQ. All who are...
Limiting buildings
Avatar: %{name} Anaig LABORNEZ 21/04/2021 09:36
Promote the rehabilitation of housing rather than new buildings, in particular housing on the...
The REAL Renewable Energy Revolution
Avatar: %{name} Žan Bezjak 19/04/2021 20:08
Everyone is talking about renewable energies, e-cars, hydrogen, alternative fuels...but somehow...
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...
Do not produce unnecessary garbage
Avatar: %{name} Account deleted by user
Unfortunately, the dentists’ society has come to the conclusion that in almost all areas of life...
Take into account carbon emissions coming from imported products
Avatar: %{name} Clément LE GOULVEN 19/04/2021 19:38
Europe has signed the green deal and targeted a reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of...
Further development of agriculture
Avatar: %{name} Karl Fechner 20/04/2021 18:15
We need to change the way we grow crops. Agriculture consumes vast parts of our land and destroys...
Use available solutions to make flying more sustainable right now
Use available solutions to make flying more sustainable right now
Avatar: %{name} Robert Holbach 20/04/2021 10:42
The EU should accelerate the journey towards sustainable aviation by rapidly increasing the...
Time and photochemical pollution
Time and photochemical pollution
Avatar: %{name} Erick Labrousse 20/04/2021 16:40
Notice to members Petition No 0193/2012 by Erick Labrousse (French), on behalf of ‘Groupement...
Euro Trainscanner
Euro Trainscanner
Avatar: %{name} Felicia S 19/04/2021 14:40
2021 e European Year of Railways, however... Our trains do not yet have freedom of movement...
Tackling air pollution
Avatar: %{name} Claudia Mairer 09/05/2021 09:38
The EU must start exploiting solar energy to a much larger extent. I am convinced that our...
Udfa’s support to petrochemical agriculture — Increase support for organic farming
Avatar: %{name} Peter Christensen 19/04/2021 14:47
Restructure EU agricultural support from the Convention on Petrochemical Agriculture to Organic...
Make nuclear power the focus of the green transformation
Make nuclear power the focus of the green transformation
Avatar: %{name} DEJAN FRANKOVIĆ 21/04/2021 18:31
The only way we can power the future of EU sustainably is to displace fossil fuels (including...
Respect for legislation in mediamial matters
Avatar: %{name} Representación Comisión Europea España 24/05/2021 15:29
Proposal of participants for the 12 May event: rural development must be ecological: we cannot...
The EU’s paths to halt global warming are not feasible!
Avatar: %{name} Wolfgang Dipl. Ing. Fischer 09/05/2021 08:25
The global warming is expected to remain below 2 K in 2050. Therefore, GHG emissions should be...
Youth involvement in Community environmental policy.
Avatar: %{name} Alejandro Quecedo del Val 19/04/2021 16:24
The COVID-19 pandemic as well as the passive and continuous response of our governments to the...
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...
Promotion of electromobility and reprocessing of old vehicles
Avatar: %{name} Szabolcs Csányi 11/12/2021 04:04
More support for electromobility, but at the same time encourage people not to lose their jobs...
Make European railway network more accessible and advisable as a replacement for intra-EU connections
Avatar: %{name} PIOTR KOWALIK 19/04/2021 14:55
- Provide for a pan-EU ticket service where one could buy a ticket for a journey with different...
Pollution reduction — Martina Lombardi
Avatar: %{name} Ciaopeople 07/05/2022 14:46
Projects in recycling education schools. Use of unemployed and unemployed people to disseminate...
500.000.000 million people dominated by 705 MEPs
Avatar: %{name} António Rede 25/05/2021 22:32
They don’t care about the planet, only their bank account matters. Wake up Europeans, we are...
Abolish plastic casings for peel fruit
Avatar: %{name} Simone Amorati 20/04/2021 07:59
The EU must commit itself to establishing guidelines for the abolition of plastic casings used in...
Devices with batteries should be designed so batteries can be replaced
Avatar: %{name} Robert Holbach 21/04/2021 13:39
More and more devices such as mobile phones, laptops and tablet computers are designed with...
Ban domestic air traffic
Avatar: %{name} Peter Christensen 19/04/2021 14:43
Ban all domestic air traffic, tariffs on high-speed electric trains. If necessary, conversion to...
Planting of hedgerows
Avatar: %{name} francoise de Closset 26/04/2021 18:11
In order to improve biodiversity and the quality of landscapes, to recreate ecological mesh and...
Modern plant breeding techniques, such as genetic modification, are a potentially important tool for reducing the environmental impact of agriculture.
Avatar: %{name} Ted Lindström 07/05/2021 22:58
Humanity has genetically modified plants since agriculture was invented, through artificial...
Compulsory compensatory areas/measures in the case of soil sealing through new construction
Avatar: %{name} Jacob Przemus 24/04/2021 10:45
Soil is a finite resource and any new sealing of land makes it environmentally useless....
Merging the European Parliament in one place
Avatar: %{name} Torsten Gans 21/04/2021 17:41
Parliament should be unified in one place and should not be based in Brussels, Strasbourg or...
Costs and compensation
Avatar: %{name} Hubert Koegel 09/05/2021 02:14
To charge all products sold on the market with full external costs. These include environmental...
Promotes local agriculture through public catering services
Avatar: %{name} Clément LE GOULVEN 19/04/2021 19:49
Everyday millions of people (students, collectivity workers) go to public catering services. This...
Creating a network of plants for the production of chips
Avatar: %{name} Giuseppe Malvasi 19/04/2021 21:40
Trees produce a lot of wood and Europe imports a lot of wood. A spread of small plants for the...
Promoting climate renovation of buildings
Promoting climate renovation of buildings
Avatar: %{name} Thomas Ehmer 19/04/2021 16:34
Energy can be integrated into the construction sector through modernisation and insulation. —...
Reduce Environment Pollution by Immigration Policy
Reduce Environment Pollution by Immigration Policy
Avatar: %{name} Blocked user 20/04/2021 13:28
There are 600 mill people in EU, creating the Environmental Impact due to resources they consume:...
Introducing the “Euro Deposit” and fighting litter
Introducing the “Euro Deposit” and fighting litter
Avatar: %{name} Philipp Kuhn 21/04/2021 02:27
There are surprisingly few countries in the EU that make use of a bottle deposit system. However,...
Koldioxidskatten
Avatar: %{name} Hulda Norén 13/05/2021 14:06
In order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions, a high carbon tax should be introduced...
Extension of bike roads
Avatar: %{name} Christopher Schneider 10/05/2021 15:09
Encourage the member states to even further extend the existing bike road network, especially in...
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...
Encouraging the development of environmentally-friendly human-sized farms
Encouraging the development of environmentally-friendly human-sized farms
Avatar: %{name} Philippe Schilling 19/04/2021 16:40
Developing a network of small farms would increase food resilience (food does not grow in...
Restriction of livestock and establishment of natural areas
Restriction of livestock and establishment of natural areas
Avatar: %{name} Thomas Ehmer 19/04/2021 18:33
So far, the EU has focused on quantity rather than quality in agricultural support. Farmers...
Energy autonomy
Avatar: %{name} Samuel Coste-chauvin 19/04/2021 21:29
Equip all dwellings with clean energy in order to make them self-sufficient in electricity...
Connecting Burano to the mainland by protecting the biodiversity of the Venice Lagoon
Connecting Burano to the mainland by protecting the biodiversity of the Venice Lagoon
Avatar: %{name} Michele Furlan 14/05/2021 18:55
The Municipality of Venice is planning a fast public transport link between the island of Burano...
Saving the Amazon Rainforest and the World Rainforest
Saving the Amazon Rainforest and the World Rainforest
Avatar: %{name} Filip Filipov 20/04/2021 18:06
Europe must save the lungs of the planet. An active European policy and organisation of universal...
Ban the shark fin trade in Europe
Ban the shark fin trade in Europe
Avatar: %{name} Clara Cavalcanti 30/04/2021 18:53
Every year, between 63 and 273 million sharks die as a result of human activity. The exact...
More Train rides available cross EU
More Train rides available cross EU
Avatar: %{name} Bianca BONTIC 03/05/2021 13:27
As EU we need to develop our railways more, connecting all EU states. Using materials as...
Renunciation of Strasbourg as 2. Location of the EU Psrlament
Avatar: %{name} Jean Kälin 19/04/2021 18:45
The EU is always setting an example in the field of climate change and environmental protection....
Chinchillas in schools, not in slaughterhouses
Avatar: %{name} Luka Pusic 15/05/2021 19:36
Killing animals just for fur should be prohibited everywhere in EU. But we should also avoid...
Mass renaturation
Avatar: %{name} cg lf 19/04/2021 22:23
Create a corridor of wetlands, wooded areas, grasslands all X kilometres to recreate habitats...
Hydrogen from the energy carriers of the future
Avatar: %{name} Frank Bange 16/05/2021 17:34
Hydrogen the future, for energy, industry and automobiles. We should be the pioneer (s) in Europe...
Tax breaks for donating companies
Avatar: %{name} Simone Amorati 20/04/2021 07:48
Not all farms can reduce their environmental impact, either because of the cost of the transition...
Cigarette butt bins outside all restaurants, bars, bus stops etc
Cigarette butt bins outside all restaurants, bars, bus stops etc
Avatar: %{name} Mark Trapani 15/05/2021 21:29
Cigarette butts are the single most littered item in the world. These cigarette ends contain...
Using waste from the agri-food industry in the ruminant feed chain
Avatar: %{name} Giuseppe Malvasi 20/04/2021 09:15
The fruit and vegetable sector is able to produce a large quantity of waste products which, if...
Reintroduce nuclear power in Germany
Avatar: %{name} Gwensgau UNKNOWN 10/05/2021 13:44
It is essential to promote nuclear power and to reintroduce it in Germany. It is not the future,...
Indicate the country of origin of the milk and milk products
Avatar: %{name} A.R.R B. 05/05/2021 11:57
European law makes it possible to mark ‘manufactured in the European Union’. This is an...
Protection of European waters
Avatar: %{name} Maarten Daelemans 09/05/2021 22:37
30 % of European waters should be protected from industrial fishing and other damage to our seas...
Recommendations for Europe’s future development: How to reconcile environmental protection with the economy?
Recommendations for Europe’s future development: How to reconcile environmental protection with the economy?
Avatar: %{name} Marta Jurczak 28/05/2021 13:21
The following recommendations have been developed by a group of young citizens as part of the...
Limitation on short flights
Avatar: %{name} Ángel Escrich 20/04/2021 15:49
To reduce emissions, flights between cities for which there is an alternative train mobility...
Criminalising the export of waste in general!
Criminalising the export of waste in general!
Avatar: %{name} Harry Boeck 21/04/2021 12:37
Garbage trading is typical of capitalism in private hands. Not only among exporters in the EU,...
CO2 footprint label
Avatar: %{name} Denis Ott 19/04/2021 19:53
Nutrition labels help people make informed decisions about their diet, to spread awareness about...
Protect 20% of land in each European country to restore biodiversity
Avatar: %{name} Bru Wac 25/05/2021 17:04
Biodiversity is plummeting.
This means our modern way of life is killing animals and also...
10 points to really change and have a future
10 points to really change and have a future
Avatar: %{name} Mariano De Franco 08/05/2021 18:36
Our society is unsustainable under all aspects, it is just few conscious people who have embraced...
Emission reduction ideas
Avatar: %{name} Maria Bauer 22/04/2021 09:12
As pipeline and storage capacity in Europe is still not sufficiently developed (it is essential...
Reduction in plastic packaging
Avatar: %{name} emilie regimbeau 19/04/2021 21:28
Recycling does not address the problem of waste in our oceans. We need legislation to require...
Providing EU states with “pfand”
Providing EU states with “pfand”
Avatar: %{name} Silvia Dalla Ragione 19/04/2021 21:45
Forgive me I don’t know the names of those bins inside supermarkets and shops that take you money...
Introduces an EU-wide Price on Carbon
Introduces an EU-wide Price on Carbon
Avatar: %{name} Giovanni Toffoletto 19/04/2021 21:01
The European Union is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Reaching and...
Reduce subsidies for livestock and fisheries.
Reduce subsidies for livestock and fisheries.
Avatar: %{name} Luis Bañon Sanchez 19/04/2021 22:15
The production of food of animal origin produces a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions...
A wildlife corridor along the former iron curtain
A wildlife corridor along the former iron curtain
Avatar: %{name} Lukas J. Schreiber 24/05/2021 18:40
Wouldn't it be great to have a connected stretch of nature from the Barent Sea all the way to the...
Civil CO2 emitters are taxed!
Avatar: %{name} Marianna Bolla 23/04/2021 20:09
The EU obliges air-polluting civilians, civic activities, to “climate restitution”! Civilian car...
Concrete/cement/coal-fired power plants CO2 output in production
Avatar: %{name} Maria Bauer 06/05/2021 15:14
Source: Austria Radiosender Ö1 of 27.4.2021 “Concrete Change” Karl Urban accounts for 60 % of...
Promoting sustainable erasmus through transport
Avatar: %{name} Julia Fernández 09/05/2021 14:14
We propose: 1. Offer a sustainable mobility option through rail to those on an Erasmus + stay by...
Climate Needs Democracy
Climate Needs Democracy
Avatar: %{name} Rafal Fabianowicz 03/05/2021 00:04
In my research as a doctoral student, I analyze the intersection of democracy and climate change...
Fighting against rural depopulation by avoiding the overcrowding of cities that is causing a situation of unsustainability.
Avatar: %{name} Miruna Cristina Necula 29/04/2021 15:27
Since the Industrial Revolution, a disregard for the rural environment has developed. Staying in...
CO2 and its consequences
Avatar: %{name} Jens-Gregor Hermann 10/05/2021 14:03
Reducing CO2 is a must. However, it can only be effective through a European Union free of CO2....
All household refuse in the EU should be sorted at source
Avatar: %{name} Ellen Johansson 05/05/2021 13:28
National authorities should take responsibility for all sorting of sources in the EU instead of...
EU wide carbon tax
Avatar: %{name} Sebastian Behrle 20/04/2021 07:41
A uniform and considered CO2 tax in EU is the most effective tool in changing producer and...
See all withdrawn ideas

What is happening at this topic?

2,398

Participants

81,059

Event participants

3,746

Ideas

3,077

Comments

1,164

Events

10,119

Endorsements

8,815

Followers

Conference on the Future of Europe
Terms and Conditions Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) How do I organise an event? Conference Charter Privacy Statement Plenary Working Groups Toolkit Document Directory
Contact the EU
Find an EU social media account
EU institution
Search for EU institutions
Sitemap
About this site
Language policy
Legal notice
Cookies

Please log in

You can access with an external account