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  • Public Hearing - Brussels, EESC, JDE 62 meeting room, Belgium
    The European Economic and Social Committee is following up on its engagement to "bring Rio home". On 18 December the EESC organised together with the European Commission a public hearing in order to enhance the impact of the Commission's ongoing consultation on the EU follow-up to Rio+20 by giving civil society representatives the opportunity to discuss statements related to the questions raised in the consultation.
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    Conference - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    In our view the Rio+20 Conference has to result in viable political commitments that place sustainable development at the centre of global policy making. Civil society plays a vital role in pushing for and living up to such political commitments by enabling participation from the ground up and securing ownership.

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    Public Hearing - Brussels, Belgium
    The EU energy and climate package adopted last year should underpin the reduction of CO2 emissions across the different sectors and have potential benefits to the whole economy and employment. A substantial increase in green jobs is predicted by various studies as the result of new measures in the field of renewable energy or energy efficiency. No activities are exempt from this transformation aiming to a "low carbon" society. Nevertheless, it is not yet clear how it can be achieved, nor how the financial, educational and training instruments necessary for this industrial revolution should be designed and introduced. Moreover the economic and financial crisis caused drastic cutting of investments downsizing financial support for the development of renewable energy.
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    Poster
    Artists and scientists together to explore climate change
    Conference - Brussels, Belgium
    In the aftermath of climate change talks in Copenhagen, on 25 and 26 January the European Economic and Social Committee and partners brought together the worlds of science, the arts and policy to find creative solutions to one of the most urgent issues the world faces today.

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  • Published In: 2012
    4 pages
    EESC messages for Rio+20
    Based on an intensive civil society dialogue the EESC contributed to establishing the EU's position on Rio+20. In February 2012, the major EESC conference Go sustainable, be responsible! European civil society on the road to Rio+20, sent out a list of messages to take on board at Rio+20 and called on our political leaders to step up their efforts to arrive to an ambitious outcome at the UN conference.
  • Published In: 2011
    2 pages
    Rio+20: a milestone on the road to sustainable development
    ”The European Economic and Social Committee’s adoption of three related opinions at the same time – on Rio+20, resource efficiency, and a low-carbon economy – highlights the unique, cross-cutting role
    of sustainable development as a policy area. It is not merely about environmental issues. It aims at making the best possible use of our limited global resources by coordinating environmental, economic and social policies.”

    Mario Campli, President of the EESC’s Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Section