The European Union must give particular priority to issues of climate change and clean energy to achieve sustainable development, the European Commission said in a report on Wednesday.
In its first review of the bloc's long-term sustainable development strategy, the commission said both the EU and member states had succeeded in putting in place many of the right policy frameworks, but to obtain the necessary results on the ground, action to turn around persistent unsustainable trends must be significantly stepped up.
The EU should continue to focus on the challenges identified in the strategy, but should give particular priority to climate change and clean energy, the report said.
The renewed sustainable development strategy, adopted by EU leaders in June 2006, addressed seven main challenges, namely climate change and clean energy, sustainable transport, sustainable consumption and production, conservation and management of natural resources, public health, social inclusion, demography and migration and global poverty.
Europe must implement its climate change policies and markedly increase the use of alternative energy, take bolder steps towards environmentally friendly transport, increase efforts to halt biodiversity loss, and continue to lead in the fight against poverty both in Europe and the world, the commission said.
Based on the report's findings, EU leaders were scheduled to review progress and priorities and to provide new orientations at their summit in December.
Source:Xinhua
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