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Five challenging keys for Sweden to unlock Europe’s environmental problems
01-07-2009
BirdLife International has presented its five top priorities for the Swedish EU Presidency, that starts today.
Launching its restyled biannual publication ‘Greening Europe’, BirdLife asks the Swedish government for strong leadership in difficult times – where a global environmental and economic crisis meets the institutional limbo of the European Union.
The five BirdLife keys to a successful Swedish Presidency are:
- Ensure Europe and the world set sail towards an ambitious and effective new biodiversity policy after 2010
- Secure the EU is in the driver’s seat for a successful Copenhagen deal on climate change
- Set the foundations for a reformed Agricultural Policy that delivers public goods
- Put the environment at the heart of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
- Be a firm voice for sustainability when addressing the economic crisis with public funds
"There is no bail-out for the planet, we have to act now and finally take sustainability seriously” —Konstantin Kreiser, EU Policy Manager at BirdLife International European Division
“Sweden has always been at the forefront of the European environmental policy. We really hope that this Presidency will lead the way out of the current crisis, by showing how inseparably linked economic and environmental problems are. There is no bail-out for the planet, we have to act now and finally take sustainability seriously”, stated Konstantin Kreiser, EU Policy Manager at BirdLife International European Division.
“In six months time BirdLife will assess how the Swedish government has used its Presidency to make the most out of 'BirdLife's five Keys'” concluded Konstantin Kreiser.
You can download the publication here. If you are interested in receiving the paper version of the Greening Europe, please send an e-mail to europe@birdlife.org
Check our special pages on the Greening Europe here.
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Credits: BirdLife European Division