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The Environment and Climate Programme 1994-1998 Programme Outline
| Council Decision: |
Official Journal L 361 of 31.12.1994 |
| Duration: |
15.12.1994 - 31.12.1998 |
| EU contribution: |
ECU 566.5 million (including up to 5% for SME measures) |
| Aims: |
To improve the scientific base of EU environment policy: understanding the basic processes of the climate and of natural systems.
To help meet the objectives of world programmes of research into global change. Development of environment-friendly products, technologies, techniques and services which meet new needs and could create new jobs. |
| Previous programmes: |
STEP/EPOCH, environment (1994-98) |
| Areas of research |
Budget breakdown for scientific activities |
A. Research into the natural environment, environmental quality and global change
- Climate change and impact on natural resources
- Atmospheric physics and chemistry, interaction with the biosphere and mechanisms of the impact of environmental change
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247.75 Mecu |
B. Environmental technologies
- Instruments, techniques and methods for monitoring the environment
- Technologies and methods for assessing environmental risk and for protecting and rehabilitating the environment
- Technologies to forecast, prevent and reduce natural risks
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131.25 Mecu |
C. Space techniques applied to environmental monitoring and research
- Methodological research and pilot projects
- Research and development work for potential future operational activities
- Centre for Earth Observation (CEO)
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107.6 Mecu |
D. Human dimensions of environmental change
- Socio-economic causes and effects of environmental change
- Economic and social responses to environmental problems
- Integration of scientific knowledge and economic and social considerations into the framing of environmental policies
- Sustainable development and technological change
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39.40 Mecu |
Type of support:
- Shared-cost contracts
- RTD projects
- SME promotion
- Concerted actions
- Accompanying measures (studies, seminars, conferences, training, etc.)
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