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Every year there are forest fires in the EU, which are hardly brought under the control of the...

One of the main cause of the global warming is the intensive animal farming which is unnatural...
Within a country, flying by plane should be prohibited. You can either go by train or work in the...
I have designed a blueprint to Manage flash floods, tsunami, drought, wildfires. The system will...
First to wood: In Europe (= EU + GB + N + Is + CH + Balkan countries!) logging amounts to around...
Dear Mr, Ms, Shemale, or transgender, you may also be aware that animals such as cows, horses,...
The production of hydrogen is complicated and polluting. But we will need to produce clean and...
FOR AS-IS: There are programmes and guidelines, but a wide freedom on the part of the states. FOR...
We propose increased efforts to develop methods that could artificially extract CO2 from the...
With my contribution “new economic order”, we can provide a reference framework for the transfer...
The EU needs to step up its efforts at international level to protect the Amazon rainforest as a...
This idea summarises part of the input collected within The 25 Percent project, which aims to...
The citizens met advocated the appropriate development of renewable energy within the European...
It is designated by ESA that there is a large ammount of space debris in outter space, which may...
In order to improve the protection of the environment, the use of fresh pulp should no longer be...
Earth needs a real protection, and it needs it fast. Politicians and companies getting richer...
The participants of the Climate Change group first demanded a socially just transition from the...
I believe that the majority of Europeans would be in favour of better control of imports and that...

I propose more projects to build waste water treatment plants, mainly on the islands in the...
The EU Directives (Directive on common
rules for the internal electricity market
(EU) 2019/944)...
rules for the internal electricity market
(EU) 2019/944)...
Procés participatiu de la IX Jornada Ambiental Universitat de Barcelona - Torres que analitza de...
The development of methanol fuel cell propulsion should be encouraged....
We recommend a ban on recreational hunting in all nature reserves in Europe,as well as a...

Stop subsidising biodiesel.
The production of biodiesel raw materials has led to huge monoculture areas. They're damaging the...
Simply, there are no private companies and there are no public projects in Europe aimed at the...
Greening Belgium: 1: Living more in cities 2: Make the cities green with vertical forests and...
Nowadays, many people try to conserve the environment by buying products that they know were made...
Linking energy independence to the green energy transition and green economy.
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I would like to see a Supply Chain Act in which the polluter can be held liable under civil law.
A lot of the plastic that we use end up in the ocean, rivers and then comes back into our food...
A World Plan for the Environment, Health, Immigration and Labour An active role of the European...
Humanity struggles to limit global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels (Paris...
Europe needs a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy. The climate issue is also a social...
Support the construction of nuclear power plants across Europe, as nuclear power plants are less...
Biodiversity will be protected by actively supporting organic farming across the EU, including...
The present wind and solar power generation (and their possible upscaling) is not sufficient to...
The idea is to depoliticise climate change in order to make the changes that are taking place in...
Climate action: there are many aspects related to climate change, but I am the least aware that...
The participants of the Berlin Citizens’ Dialogue recommend that the ÖP(N)V be developed...
As part of the workshop conducted by Europe Direct Łódź, recommendations were developed: —...
Establish a rule in which packaging material manufacturers and packaging users are jointly...

The topic of energy was very controversial. There were participants who were committed to...
Hydrogen gas is an energy source with lots of potential.
First of all, it can be obtained from...
To reduce pollution (especially CO2) cars must consume LESS fuel/energy - independently of...
In the EU, every product should have a label indicating the lifespan for which it was designed....

DEAR all, I would be Glad if EU would use max. possible resources and investments in clean...
I am convinced that e-autos are the future. However, the current batteries are not the final...

Large-scale projects aimed at valuing the natural environment have difficulties in analysing...
On the occasion of the Participatory Evening on the Future of Europe in Domfront en Poiraie...
Improve transparency on materials used for food packaging. Use of a single set of logos for all...
The students of Ormož High have come up with the following suggestions on how, if we were to make...
The environmental problem also has to do with the attitude of us people. Reducing consuance is an...

Stop unrestricted deforestation and logging!
The reduction of carbon dioxide in the air is only controlled from the emissions side. But they...
In the current accounting system used by businesses, climate change and biodiversity loss are...
Establish a central research network, independent of Member States, to address environmental,...
Species disappear as natural spaces become smaller. I therefore propose that the 27 countries of...
The European Union is the result of a process that has made it possible to bring the member...
To charge all products sold on the market with full external costs. These include environmental...
It is necessary to encourage the use outside buildings and in all areas of public ashtrays to...
Promoting the culture of exchange and sharing of goods and services can bring obvious economic,...
When a mine is no longer exploited, it is drowned to avoid subsidence. What happens when the...
Limit air transport beyond national borders and to more than 2: 30 hours by air. Stop national...

Renewable energies
Countries should invest more in renewable energies for example solar panels. If every house and...
We are driving less cars with petrol, but with electric cars, but only with green electricity...
A compulsory and predominantly programme from national budgets should be sustainable not only...
Supporting and rapidly spreading weather-dependent renewables is the engine for increasing...
I do not assume that there is still a need to discuss the existence of climate change at this...
Public transport is more environmentally friendly, but there is a limited supply of it in rural...
In some Member States, the expansion of solar installations needs to be massively expanded....
To enhance the scale of the circular economy (many of which are social economy actors), at the...
Europe wants to make us greener and reduce our carbon emissions. But for example to be greener,...
The EU’s current system of agricultural subsidies is not sustainable and should primarily be...
Without wishing to fail to respect, the head is operated. The same European Union is asking what...
There is much talk about the nuisance of aircraft, it is very fashion and politically correct,...
1) We have to maximize our plans on how we intend to absorb the greenhouse gases such as having a...
The aim of a subsidy programme for cycle paths is to provide an incentive for municipalities to...
When we have landmarks pointing to the space lit all night in places where nobody spends energy...
France is still in breach of photochemical pollution during summer time of the 1945 vaincus at...
There should be more streublum meadows. A streublumenwiese could be created in the curtain. This...

My proposal is to develop a uniform VAT system in Europe. The VAT determination would take into...
Limit polluting cars and promote the one that works with natural gas, electricity, hydrogen....
One of the legs of the transition that “we want” will come from the hand of the “renewable”...
The problem with solar or wind power is that you can store the energy generated only for a short...
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