Living in the EU: Climate Change and Energy
At a Glance
30-04-2019
The European Union (EU) has been protecting the environment since the early 1970s, considering economic prosperity and environmental protection interdependent. As energy policies are a competence shared between the EU and its Member States (MS) joint strategic planning is strongly developed. Human activities can have adverse impacts on the environment, and subsequently on our well-being. Therefore, it is vital to monitor how MS perform in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy supply, considering that alongside the energy model, human behaviour of EU citizens represents the key element to prevent climate change.
At a Glance
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- climate change
- climate change policy
- deterioration of the environment
- ENERGY
- energy consumption
- energy policy
- energy statistics
- energy supply
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental impact
- environmental policy
- environmental statistics
- EU energy policy
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Environment Agency
- EUROPEAN UNION
- greenhouse gas
- natural gas
- oil industry
- renewable energy
- soft energy