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European Union And Troubles With Energy

Environmental Policy
ESSAY ASSESMENT

European Union and troubles with energy

22nd February 2007


Contents

Introduction 3
Present problems of the energy and impact on environment 3
EU targets - Kyoto Protocol 4
EU citizens' abutment 4
1 Old and New European energy policy 5
1.1 European environmental policy 5
1.2 Necessity of new efficient energy policy and legislation 5
1.3 An integrated energy and climate change package 5
2 Power sources - concrete issues and solutions 6
2.1 Nuclear power 6
2.1.1 Issues 6
2.1.2 Necessity of nuclear energy 7
2.1.3 European Commission and Nuclear Power 7
2.2 Imported energy versus independence 8
2.3 Renewable resources 8
2.4 Clear Development of developing countries - focus on China 9
2.4.1 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) 9
2.4.2 Developing China 9
Conclusion 11
References 12
Abbreviations 13
Appendixes 14
Appendix 1 14
Appendix 2 18



Introduction

This paper extend my earlier essay that studied role of European Union in solving global environmental problems; and focus in detail on reduced chapter about Power Sources, because it is essential to deal with energy issues as quickly as possible and it is most discussed problem of these days.

Aim of this paper is collect and connect all important circumstances to create complete picture of current position of European Union in global climate issues and European energy issues.

Present problems of the energy and impact on environment

The current environmental issues are climate change, global warming, high consumption of energy and resources, accumulation of waste, fading of biodiversity away, polluting in common areas, trans-boundary pollution and many others. This paper will focus on European Union (EU) energy and environmental strategies and its impact on these issues. Since energy issue has high level of importance; according to European Commission (EC) 94 % of emissions of CO2 in EU are caused by power industry; it is imperative...