flows. As part of its preparations, the Commission will organise a conference on urban freight transport in 2010. At the conference, the implementation of the urban initiatives in the Freight Logistics [...] and companies. It will also be essential for the success of the EU’s overall strategy to combat climate change, achieve the 20-20-20 objective3 and to promote cohesion. Urban mobility is also a central [...] dimension in the Covenant of Mayors15 in order to promote an integrated approach linking energy and climate change with transport. It will encourage the incorporation of transport and mobility issues in the
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25 September 2007 and 15 March 2008. The consultation to prepare the Green Paper comprised conferences, workshops, meetings and an internet-based questionnaire. The results are set out in a Commission [...] place in an urban area. Road safety, economic efficiency, social inclusion and the fight against climate change are all issues on which Member States have decided to act jointly. In the field of urban [...] and successful development of the trans-European transport network. It is linked with energy and climate change policies on promotion of energy efficiency in transport and of alternative fuels. It is linked
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and for the economic well-being of citizens and companies, as well as for the attainment of EU climate protection targets. The Commission therefore intends to link transport policy with environmental [...] freight transport aiming to ensure efficient “last mile” delivery; Starting in 2012 Organise a conference on urban freight transport where the implementation of the Freight Logistics Action Plan will [...] promoting the internalisation of external costs for congestion, noise and pollution, as well as for climate change [COM(2008) 435; cp. CEP Policy Brief], although in its Directive Proposal for the introduction
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reform of benefits systems). These priorities could be debated in early 2011 at a Stakeholder Conference on Flexicurity, organised by the Commission with Member States, the European Parliament and social [...] be celebrated, not all the changes seen over the last two years were the result of the economic climate: job creation also depends on the labour market policies implemented at EU and national level.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), developed economies will need to be nearly carbon-free by 2050 to avoid disastrous effects of GHG emissions on the climate: B. Metz et al. (eds), Co [...] EU-funded transport infrastructure takes into account energy efficiency needs and climate change challenges (climate resilience of the overall infrastructure, refuelling/recharging stations for clean [...] projects, including aspects that are not presently considered, notably the contribution to climate change and climate resilience. 442. The assessment and the authorisation of projects has to be carried
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the Adaptation Fund as made operational by the Poznan Conference on Climate Change (COP 14 and COP/MOP 4), to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to fund research and development as well as [...] Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was approved by Council Decision 94/69/EC of 15 December 1993 concerning the conclusion of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( 1 ), is [...] meeting their climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. (26) Notwithstanding the multifaceted potential of market-based mech anisms, the European Union strategy for climate change miti gation
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value added of action at the EU level? The ETS is the EU's flagship initiative for addressing climate change. The integration of aviation into the EU ETS has been decisive in driving forward the ICAO [...] the European Environment Expert Group that has been extablished by the European Civil Aviation Conference. A stakeholder meeting with regard to simplifications for small emitters was held on 30 July 2013 [...] 7 EN 2. PROBLEM DEFINITION 2.1. The problem The EU is strongly committed to achieve the climate objective of limiting global average temperature increase to less than 2 degrees Celsius above
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EU-funded transport infrastructure takes into account energy efficiency needs and climate change challenges (climate resilience of the overall infrastructure, refuelling/recharging stations for clean [...] agreed, on the need to drastically reduce world greenhouse gas emissions, with the goal of limiting climate change below 2ºC. Overall, the EU needs to reduce emissions by 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050 [...] ture that minimises the impact on the environment, that is resilient to the possible impact of climate change and that improves the safety and security of users. 55. A well-performing transport network
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December 1986, A/RES/41/128. 9 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, adopted by the UN Conference on Environment and Development, 12 August 1992, Rio de Janeiro, A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. I). 10 ILO [...] Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its Eighty-Sixth Session, Geneva, 18 June 1998 (Geneva, International Labour Office, 1998) [...] 19. Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) 20. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) 21. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000) 22. Stockholm Convention on persistent
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Presidency, a conference on space and security was held to contribute to defining the role of European Institutions and centres in security programmes. A second Presidency conference on governance of [...] public policy objectives at the centre of the ESP and set priority areas for the future such as climate change, creating global market opportunities, contributing to the security of European citizens [...] guidelines for his second mandate and with the EU2020 strategy7: growth and job creation, tackling climate change and the research and innovation revolution for a knowledge society. In his guidelines,
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