Traduction de «projection en mer » (Français → Anglais) :

23. Underlines the fact that the Mediterranean Sea presents an array of challenges that could potentially threaten the stability of the EU and direct EU interests, particularly given the political upheaval and social and economic hardship likely to persist in some of the coastal states; notes that illegal activities fostered in consequence, such as terrorism and all sorts of illicit trafficking, have an impact on the EU’s maritime security, including the security of energy supplies to the south; believes that investment in maritime regional cooperation is urgently required, and must involve European and regional cooperation, intelligence, surveillance, patrolling and coastguard activities, all of these requiring adequate means of na ...[+++]val power projection;

H. whereas the global outlook on naval capabilities and power projection is fast changing, with emerging and established powers increasingly calling into question UNCLOS principles, international arbitration and regulation; whereas, most significantly, China pursues its String of Pearls policy, endeavouring to increase and extend its presence at sea for a multitude of stated and unstated reasons, from securing trade and energy routes to controlling marine resources and maritime critical infrastructure, clashing with the maritime interests of virtually all of its neighbours in the South and East China Seas;

Union funded projects address LNG infrastructure and deployment needs: for shipping the North European LNG Infrastructure Project, the Clean North Sea Shipping (CNSS) project, the marine engine project HELIOS, and for heavy duty vehicles the LNG Blue Corridor project.

Projections based on some models indicate serious future impacts through rises in sea level, desertification, loss of biodiversity and climatic disruption.

It is a Flagship Project Leader in several Priority Areas, and its Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) and the Strategy are mutually supportive to achieve Good Environmental Status as required by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

5. Is further of the opinion that the EU wind energy market is set to grow further generating demand for Europe's wind turbine manufacturers and associated industries through the on-going promotion of energy from renewable sources at EU level; points in this respect to the mandatory national targets for the use of renewable energy by 2020, the European Industrial Initiative on Wind Energy prioritising the development the offshore wind technology and the projections stipulating a faster grow than in the past of renewable energy share in the EU in the years up to 2020 with wind power accounting for 27% of projected increase in renewable e ...[+++]nergy consumption (two-thirds onshore, one-third offshore);