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1. European Union (27 Nations) Population 491 million Growth Rate 0.12% Land Area 4,324,782 sq km Annual GDP $14.38 trillion The CIA World Factbook 2008

2. EU Sustainable Development Strategy (2006)

4. Purpose

7. Comprehensive 1. of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive 2. comprehending mentally; having an extensive mental range or grasp.

9. Energy Consumption

10. Energy Consumption

11. Air Pollution Percentage of urban population resident in areas for days per year with PM10 concentration exceeding daily limit value, EEA member countries, 1996-2005 (EEA)

12. Air Pollution Percentage of urban population resident in areas where pollutant concentrations are higher than selected limit/target values, EEA member countries, 1996-2005 (EEA)

13. Climate Change Observed and projected changed in the overall Kyoto gasses and all greenhouse gasses, expressed in CO2-equivalents (IPCC, 2007a, partly based on IPCC, 2001).

14. Coastal Erosion Source: Eurosion, 2004.

15. Waste Management Generation of packaging waste and GDP in the EU-15 (Eurostat, 2007)

16. Aging Population Source: Eurostat Projected Old-Age Dependency Ratio

18. Key Priority Areas

20. Climate Change and Clean Energy

22. Total Greenhouse Gas Emission and Kyoto Protocol Target Source: European Environment Agency, Eurostat

23. Total EU-15 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Projections Source: European Environment Agency

24. EU-27 Share of Renewables in Gross Inland Energy Consumption (%) Note: Other renewables, including solar, do not appear in the figure as they represent less than 1% of the total. Source: Eurostat

26. Sustainable Transport

28. Energy Consumption of Transport and GDP in 2005 by Country Source: Eurostat

29. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transport (million tonnes of CO 2 equivalent) Source: European Environment Agency, Eurostat

30. Average CO 2 Emissions from New Passenger Cars (grams of CO 2 per kilometer) Source: European Commission, Directorate-General for the Environment

31. Road Accident Fatalities Source: European Commission, CARE (Community Database on Road Accidents)

33. Sustainable Consumption and Production

35. EU-15 Resource Productivity Over Time (index 2000=100)

36. EU-25 Consumption Expenditure of Private Households by Category Source: Eurostat

38. Conservation and Management of Natural Resources

40. Proportion of Fish Catches Taken from Stocks Outside of Safe Biological Limits (%) Source: European Commission, Directorate-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, ICES

41. EU-27 Forest Removals (million m 3 ) Source: Eurostat

42. Common Bird Index (Index 2000=100) Source: EBCC/RSPB/BirdLife/Statistics Netherlands

44. Public Health

46. EU-15 Healthy Life-Years and Life Expectancy

47. Standardized Death Rate Due to Chronic Disease (per 100,000 people) Source: Eurostat

48. Standardized Suicide Death Rate by Country (per 100,000 people) Source: Eurostat

49. Production of Toxics

51. Social Inclusion

53. EU-25 at-risk-of-poverty rate (a) by gender and (b) by age (%) Source: Eurostat

54. Early School-Leavers (%) Source: Eurostat

56. Global Poverty and Sustainable Development

57. Global Poverty and Sustainable Development

59. Net Migration Source: Eurostat

60. Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%) Source: Eurostat

61. EU-25 age-related Public Spending (% of GDP) Source: Economic Policy Committee, indicator subgroup (ISG) and working group of aging populations (AWG)

62. EU-15 Official Development Assistance (% of gross national income) Source: OECD

63. Official Development Assistance Source: OECD

64. EU-27 Imports from Developing Countries by Income Group (billion euro) Source: Eurostat

66. Policy Instruments European Union Green Plan Implementation Member State Communication Environmental Legislation Research and Development Financing and Economic Instruments International Agreements Education and Training

68. Today’s Europe moves quickly. To face up to the challenges we face inside and outside Europe, policies, laws, and regulations need to adapt to the fast pace of technological change, to foster innovation, to protect the welfare and safety of Europeans.

83. Integrative 1. to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole. 2. to make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit, as parts do. 3. to unite or combine.

87. Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

88. Accountable 1. subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable. 2. capable of being explained; explicable; explainable.

93. Public Survey (2006)