Traduction de «chargé des questions d'environnement » (Français → Anglais) :

The European Commission delegation will consist of the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy / Vice-President Federica Mogherini, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen, Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, and Commissioner ...[+++] for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Christos Stylianides.

The EU troika, represented by Mr Lux, Minister of the Environment of Luxemburg, Lord Whitty, representing the future British presidency and Commissioner Dimas held extensive talks with Paula Dobriansky, chief US negotiator on climate change and a number of key US policy-makers including James Connaughton, chair of the White House Council on Environment Quality.

recalls the EU’s strategic goals established in Lisbon and its aim of becoming a highly eco-efficient economy that respects the carrying capacity of the environment; regrets that some negative trends in the environment, especially in areas such as climate change, energy, transport and biodiversity, have not been reversed and invites the Commission to evaluate the consequences of failing to reverse these trends; recognises the need to give renewed momentum to the integration of environmental concerns into sectoral policies; emphasis ...[+++]es the role of environmental technologies in achieving the goals set under the Lisbon Strategy whilst encouraging measures to improve investment in this area; calls upon the Commission to finalise, by the end of 2004, its review of the EU’s Sustainable Development Strategy; welcomes efforts made to ensure sustainable mobility and to enhance transport safety whilst noting with concern, however, that there are no signs of a significant decoupling of the environmental impacts of transport growth and GDP growth; encourages further limitation of motor pollutant emissions; underlines the Community’s engagement to respect and implement its international commitments on sustainable development at global level and, in particular, measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; emphasises the economic and environmental benefits to be derived from greater energy efficiency; calls for strengthened action to preserve biological diversity.

The Environment Ministers of the G8 and the European Commissioner for the Environment have met annually since 1994 in informal meetings to discuss environmental issues of common interest.

The revised EC environmental manual will be an important instrument to this effect and should be compatible with other EC co-operation guidelines. The formal roles and responsibilities of the environment and development staff need to be clarified and strengthened.

Mrs Emma BONINO, Commissioner for Fisheries, and Mrs Ritt BJERREGAARD, Commissioner for Environment, will attend the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting on the Integration of Fisheries and Environmental Issues (IMM), decided by the Fourth North Sea Conference, which will take place in Bergen, Norway, on 13 and 14 March 1997.