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Given that we are leading in producing plastic waste, that China and other countries shut...

In order to reach full potential, the EU has to embrace the digital and the green transition. A...
In order to ensure that the new building is preserved quickly enough, it seems necessary to start...
Globally, the city, with its suburbs, slums, overpopulation, concrete, bitumen, irrespirable air,...
In order to improve biodiversity and the quality of landscapes, to recreate ecological mesh and...
Everyday millions of people (students, collectivity workers) go to public catering services. This...
Successful climate protection requires the participation of all economic areas. Europe should...
1. Require interchangeable batteries for mobile phones and tablets 2. In the case of LED...
Hello, I would like a tax to be created in order to combat this overconsumption. the purpose of...
In order for companies to be able to operate competitively, it is necessary to continue to secure...

Like directive 2003/33/EG, which drastically reduces the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco...
A reflection on the future of Europe needs to identify and involve other actors alongside local...
Ban the sale of non-electric cars by 2030 across the EU
Investments dedicated to the climate transition towards increased energy efficiency,...
Member States subsidize fossil fuels. In 2018, total fossil fuel subsidies in the EU amounted to...

This comment is made on behalf of NOAH FRIENDS OF THE EARTH DENMARK.
For more than sixty years,...
Our responsibility towards the environment can no longer be ignored, and swift and concrete...
Parliament should be unified in one place and should not be based in Brussels, Strasbourg or...
I think we need to give a chance to nuclear energy. There is too much negative mention of nuclear...
Also in view of the planned revision of the Energy Taxation Directive, measures and instruments...
To reduce emissions, flights between cities for which there is an alternative train mobility...
Environmental awareness among children must begin at an early age. Families who care about these...
In order to support the decarbonisation of transport, more EU funding is needed for alternative...
Oblige the Member States to put in place policies for the protection of insects. oblige Member...
The agricultural policy (CAP) accounts for about a third of the EU budget, €58 billion. This vast...
It should be easy for consumers to assess how a product is harmful to the climate. A points...
Soil is a finite resource and any new sealing of land makes it environmentally useless....

This idea is a submission from the University of Nicosia Pharmaceutical students to the “Pitch...
Enabling our people to feed with local products is essential to guarantee food sovereignty and...
Highway and main road traffic in several parts of Europe has become unbearably congested....
The increase in energy prices will be a challenge for businesses. We have to ensure that Europe...
Who dreams of a villa 4 facades with a green grass summer like winter, must imagine its garden...
Mandatory solar roofing in industrial areas in the EU to promote green energy integration.
My idea, simple and probably older than me, is to forbid local authorities, governments, fiscal...
Hello, using hydrogen instead of coke for steel production will greatly limit emissions of fine...
It would be less environmentally-wasteful to choose just one city as an EU HQ. All who are...
Subsidies must be distributed according to ecological criteria, not by area. Organic food must...
Do not produce unnecessary garbage
Unfortunately, the dentists’ society has come to the conclusion that in almost all areas of life...
The EU must commit itself to establishing guidelines for the abolition of plastic casings used in...
1. Not only are there not only a lack of national parks in the EU, but also of nature...

Cities and regions still face substantial challenges regarding data collection on climate: a...
Promote the rehabilitation of housing rather than new buildings, in particular housing on the...
There are almost no primary forests in Europe. Member States where they still remain (including...
Europe has too much air and road transport. The current pressure should not be further increased...
The EU should take a better approach in regards to nuclear energy and invest more into it, to...
Air transport is responsible for a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. In the context of...

Integrated photovoltaics is already studied all over the world, but in my opinion the topics...
In order to reduce air pollution in cities and increase the well-being of city dwellings, Europe...
All combustion results in CO2 emissions which, on the contrary, need to be reduced and often...
The USA, the PRC, Australia (and possibly others) have protested against the idea of the EU to...
While many are still discussing whether or not nuclear fission energy should be used to achieve...
The green transition needs to put people’s fundamental and social rights at its core, promote...
Glyphosate is harmful to the environment, soil, water and fauna and is probably carcinogenic....
Climate change will confront us at times of water scarcity and times of heavy rainfall. It is...
Currently renewable energy lacks large scale and consistent production technologies and until...
At present, the EU refuses to take nuclear energy into account in green taxonomy: this is...
As far as I have heard and read, not all charging points and electric cars are compatible. This...
(This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...

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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...
Transport generates a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to combat global...
Very large natural areas need to be protected to promote wildlife and the return of...
European reforestation The forests are important for the quality of life of contemporary people...
This type of reactor deserves to be tested. It supplies CO2-free electricity, destroys...
1) Who travelling to another EU country should carry out a small study to know which products are...
The fruit and vegetable sector is able to produce a large quantity of waste products which, if...
Since 1992, the fight against global warming has been ineffective. The carbon footprint of...
(This is one of 26 proposals prepared by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are becoming popular in professional mapping for a lot of purposes...
Rail today accounts for 7 % of passenger transport and 19 % of freight in Europe. This comes from...
France must encourage Europe to adopt ambitious legislation against global warming at European...
(This is one of 26 proposals developed by the participants of the Youth Workshop on the future of...
The characteristics of all products and services offered in the EU must be presented...
A highspeed-train network connecting all the European capital cities and big cities to make a...

Rare earth elements are key for most of our current technologies and within the EU only minimal...
It is time to converge realities beyond the assertions in the COPs since the Copenhagen Agreement...
The use of pesticides in agriculture has been lawfully led to heated debates. But there is no...
Equip all dwellings with clean energy in order to make them self-sufficient in electricity...
Create and use climate engineering/geoengineering solutions for the climate. Use waste from the...
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