From the 24-25th November the IMPEL network held its 8th General Assembly meeting in Warsaw, Poland as part of its continuing efforts to facilitate good cooperation, share experiences and learn from one another to better implement and enforce EU environmental legislation. The network agreed to support 22 projects in 2012 looking at new approaches to regulation, the [...]...
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The European Commission has unveiled its 2012 work programme.
An annex to the report can be seen here.
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A report for the European Commission has concluded that: “as an indicative estimate, the costs of implementation gaps in relation to current legally binding targets could be around 50 billion per year”.
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IMPEL is mentioned (paragraph 21 and 22) in an Opinion of the Committee of the Regions that was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the 18/01/11. The Opinion relates to the 86th Plenary session held on 5 and 6 October 2010: ‘The role of local and regional authorities in future environmental [...]...
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The number and impacts of disasters have increased in Europe in the period 1998-2009, a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) concludes. The report assesses the frequency of disasters and their impacts on humans, the economy and ecosystems and calls for better integrated risk disaster management across Europe.
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The European Environment Agency publishes its report on the European environment – state and outlook 2010.
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