State of the Innovation Union 2012
Accelerating change
The 2012 State of the Innovation Union is the second year comprehensive progress report on the Innovation Union, a flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 growth strategy for the decade. Launched by the European Commission in October 2010, Innovation Union aims to improve conditions and access to finance for research and innovation in Europe, to ensure that innovative ideas can be turned into products and services that create growth and jobs.

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Natural hazards and disasters

There has never been a time when natural hazards did not regularly and profoundly affect life on earth. Tales of torrents, floods and earthly upheaval appear in our most ancient myths, and such events have played and continue to play, now more than ever, an integral part in the natural history of our planet.

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Waste as a resource

As today's consumer society has expanded, so has the consumption of resources and the waste it produces. Domestic waste, industrial waste… the population of the EU throws away 2.7 billion tonnes of it every year, of which 98 million tonnes are hazardous.

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