(...) 12.10.2011 - Committee of the Regions supports EU plans for more competitive, greener industry
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) yesterday evening welcomed EU plans to keep industry jobs in Europe while reducing the sector's carbon emissions. Regaining European leadership on the world stage will require concrete improvements to the regulatory framework, Patxi López (ES/PES), President of the Basque country, said before a debate with EU industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani at the CoR plenary session in Brussels. (...)
12.10.2011 - Resource efficiency: local and regional authorities lead the way in driving sustainable agenda of Europe 2020
Setting indicators and objectives for monitoring resource efficiency is a step in the right direction, but the European Commission must ensure that this data is integrated into the monitoring of the wider Europe 2020 policy if it wants to ensure that future economic growth is truly sustainable, according to the Committee of the Regions. As with Europe 2020, the work of local and regional authorities in driving the resource efficiency agenda on the ground cannot be ignored, and expanding successful networks of sub-national authorities such as the Covenant of Mayors to include all resources should be a priority. (...)
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