Speeches and Presentations
24 May
- 1.1. "Resource efficiency: the agenda for economic transformation" in partnership with UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
- Opening session: Resource scarcity: challenges, drivers and EU responses
- 2.1 "Smart policies for smart jobs: building skills for the economy of tomorrow" in partnership with DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- 3.1 "Turning the tables on food waste" in partnership with DG Health and Consumers
- 4.1 The future of Phosphorus – an uncertain road?
- Side event: Roundtable on food: "Waste not, want not – the role of nature and food production in ensuring a better tomorrow"
25 May
- 1.2 No tipping please: getting to the recycling society
- 1.3 Policies for people: environment policy and socio-economic trends
- 1.5 Monitoring our impact on the environment: the role of Ombudsmen
- 1.4 "The biggest picture of all: science, resources, and getting the message across" in partnership with the Joint Research Centre, DG Enterprise and Industry, DG Research and Innovation and the European Space Agency
- 2.4 Financing eco-innovation
- 2.3 "Managing pests: the sustainable and rational use of plant protection products" in partnership with DG Health and Consumers
- 2.2 "Eco-innovation: optimising the eco-efficiency of products and processes" in partnership with DG Research and Innovation
- 3.5 "The 2011 Energy Efficiency Plan: next steps" in partnership with DG Energy
- 3.4 Land use choices, chances and consequences
- 3.3 Every drop counts – tools and tips for better water management
- 3.2 Soil sealing, floods and fragmentation – an avoidable catastrophe?
- 4.5 "Resource efficiency & competitiveness – breaking down barriers to growth" in partnership with DG Enterprise and Industry
- 4.2 Greener chemicals, cleaner resources through reducing and replacing
26 May
- 1.6 Don't waste waste: new business ideas for the ‘circular economy'
- 1.7 The tipping point: how to make waste into a valuable resource
- 1.8 "Indicators and targets for resource efficiency" in partnership with DG Eurostat, DG Economic and Financial Affairs and the European Environment Agency
- 1.9 "Cohesion policy – investing more and better for resource efficiency" in partnership with DG Regional Policy
- 2.6 "The price isn't right: market-based instruments and reforming environmentally harmful subsidies" in partnership with DG Taxation and Customs Union
- 2.7 Green Public Procurement - state of play & future prospects
- 2.8 Too much of a good thing? New thinking on the rebound effect
- 2.9 The United Nations conference on sustainable development in 2012: can it deliver on global efficiency?
- 3.6 The blue challenge: optimal use of marine resources
- 3.7 "Mining waste: boosting efficiency in the EU's extractive industry" in partnership with DG Enterprise and Industry
- 3.9 "Competitive and sustainable transport – pathways to modernisation and decarbonisation" in partnership with DG Mobility and Transport
- 3.8 "Building the future: competitiveness & sustainable construction" in partnership with DG Enterprise and Industry
- 4.8 "EU and national roadmaps for a low-carbon economy by 2050" in partnership with DG Climate Action
- 4.6 Seeing the wood and the trees: managing competing demands for forest resources
Kit Prins - European forests: four challenges
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- European forests: four challenges
Prof. Dr. Udo Mantau - Forest resources(1.41 Mb)
- Forest resources
- 4.7 Working smarter with nature to safeguard biodiversity
- 4.9 "The bio-economy: food security & the sustainable management of bio-resources" in partnership with DG Research and Innovation
- Side session: "Adaptation Technologies" in partnership with Joint Research Centre, Sevilla and DG Climate action
