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 con ...