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Complex challenges in an interconnected world
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One of the main conclusions in EEA's flagship report, SOER 2010, appears obvious: 'environmental challenges are complex and can't be understood in isolation'.
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Signals — every breath we take
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Signals 2011
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Living in an interconnected world
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'…the sheer weight of the combined aspirations and lifestyles of 500 million Europeans is just too great. Never mind the legitimate desires of many other billions on our planet to share those lifestyles.... We will need to change the behaviour of European consumers. To work on people's awareness and to influence their habits.' Janez Potočnik, European Union Commissioner for Environment (March 2010).
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Signals — every breath we take
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Signals 2011
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Sharing nature's riches
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Of the 8.2 billion tonnes of materials consumed in EU-27 Member States in 2007, minerals accounted for 52 %, fossil fuels for 23 %, biomass for 21 % and metals for 4 % (SOER 2010)
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Signals — every breath we take
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Signals 2011
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Eyewitness: the boy Chance
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Bisie is the biggest mine in the area. It is located approximately 90 kilometres inside dense forest and reaches 100 metres underground. The mines are often little more than a hole in the ground. Dozens of men and boys crowd each mine and conditions are atrocious.
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Signals — every breath we take
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Signals 2011
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Global governance — the rise of non-state actors
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A background report for the SOER 2010 assessment of global megatrends.
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EEA Signals 2011 - Globalisation, environment and you
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) publishes Signals each year, providing snapshot stories on issues of interest to the environmental policy debate and the wider public in the coming year.
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Country profile - Societal developments (Sweden)
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Past developments in society. Links to more national information.
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The European environment – state and outlook 2010
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Country assessments
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Sweden
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An Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era – flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 Strategy
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Industry
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Globalisation, environment and you
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New EEA report highlights connectivity between global issues
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The pan-European environment: glimpses into an uncertain future
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