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Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation: The 2013 Late lessons from early warnings report is the second of its type produced by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in collaboration with a broad range of external authors and peer reviewers. The case studies across both volumes of Late lessons from early warnings cover a diverse range of chemical and technological innovations, and highlight a number of systemic problems. The 'Late Lessons Project' illustrates how damaging and costly the misuse or neglect of the precautionary principle can be, using case studies and a synthesis of the lessons to be learned and applied to maximising innovations whilst minimising harms.
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Launch of "Planet re-think" – a new documentary: Located in About EEA › What we do › Public events
Material resources and waste — 2012 update: Update to the European Environment State and Outlook 2010 (SOER 2010) thematic assessment
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Measuring green economy: insights from "Beyond GDP" indicators: Side event organised by the Ministry of environment of the Czech Republic
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Nordic council of ministers event: upcoming
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Registration form, launch of 'Planet Re-think' – a new documentary: Located in About EEA › … › Public events › EEA at the Rio+20 conference
Resource efficiency in Europe — Policies and approaches in 31 EEA member and cooperating countries: This report provides an overview of resource efficiency policies and instruments in 31 member and cooperating countries of the European Environment Agency network (Eionet). A detailed survey was conducted during the first half of 2011 to collect, analyse and disseminate information about national experiences in developing and implementing resource efficiency policies, and to facilitate sharing of experiences and good practice. The report reviews national approaches to resource efficiency and explores similarities and differences in policies, strategies, indicators and targets, policy drivers and institutional setup and information gaps. It concludes with some EEA considerations for future policies on resource efficiency which could be considered in developing future resource efficiency policies at the EU and country levels. The analysis is illustrated with short examples of policy initiatives in the countries, described in more detail in the country profile documents available below.
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RIO 2012 — The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: The objective of the Conference is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and address new and emerging challenges
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Rio 2012 is an opportunity to move towards a green economy: In less than two months, world leaders will gather in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. It is 20 years since the last Rio conference, and Rio 2012 is an opportunity to assess the progress made toward sustainable development since 1992 and begin building a Green Economy.
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