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June 2002

 
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The eco-industrial revolution
The market for products and services that help protect the environment is growing and the EU is at the forefront. The eco-industry sector is already a significant employer and global player, with exports to candidate countries set to rise particularly fast. Companies and national governments will have to continually improve skills and training if the industry is to keep pace.

 

Energy futures - the very big picture

Despite its inevitable lack of precision, long-term, large-scale systemic research usually comes to conclusions which make you sit up and take notice. It is fundamental in examining the effect of energy policy on our lives, our society, climate and the planet as a whole. This booklet describes 39 projects which are painting parts of the very big picture.

 

Better safe than sorry

Millions of lives could have been saved and untold environmental damage prevented if the precautionary principle had been adopted more widely. But is the EU now in danger of stifling innovation and damaging relations with the US through overcaution?