The EU should grant annual bonuses to all supermarkets, shops and shops that significantly limit the use of plastic or packaging in the European Union. For example, clothing stores using wooden hangers, less plastic to wrap new clothes, not using shoe boxes and selling to the box only cloth bags would receive an ecological bonus. This would also apply to general food stores and supermarkets. A new EU budget should therefore be made available. Strict checks will have to be carried out throughout the year. In the midst of the pandemic crisis, this initiative will simultaneously create many jobs that are essential for the European economic recovery.

Nicolas Vande Kerckhove, Young European Ambassador from Belgium

It is necessary to motivate the formation of large-scale methanisations such as digesters. This makes it possible to recover the gas naturally emitted by the decomposition of waste and to obtain fertilisers, all this in a safe way.

My idea is about adapting to climate change.
Climate change will lead to temperature warming, so that some historical areas of agricultural production, in particular wine and fruit, will no longer be able to produce these agricultural products. There is a need for a comprehensive approach at European level to support new productions. For example, agave, cactus and other plants may be grown in arid climates. For this to happen, we need to accompany the transformation and creation of new agricultural sectors at European level.

For others in the north, we are also moving towards warming, which will undoubtedly lead to a disruption in production such as cereals or flax. Supporting varietal adaptation and the export of knowledge to sectors which are currently present in the south to the north is important for proposing solutions for the future.

Please analyse the environmental and climate impacts in any EU decision. Fossil fuel extraction is the pumping of carbon dioxide into the air from the ground. This must end. The next topic is plastics and plastics. I believe that wood should be used massively instead of plastic, together with new plantings, so that the forest stand balance does not move to -. Wood is an opportunity to trap carbon from the air, so we should make as much wood as possible. Best regards,

Thematic: Climate change

Subject: Climate change in the OR Madeira (PT)

Climate change represents one of the biggest modern threats to humanity and planet Earth.

This phenomenon has been exacerbated by harmful human activities that catalyse catastrophic natural events and put at risk current and future generations.

The effects of climate change cover the entire territory of the European Union (EU). Despite the widespread impact of the climate crisis, its repercussions are not the same in all territories. The EU’s outermost regions (ORs), faced with various structural territorial, social and economic difficulties, due to their insularity, small size, irregular topography and volatile climate, see their complex situation further aggravated by climatic events. Under Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the EU institutions must adopt special measures for these regions in order to promote cohesive and equitable development throughout the Union. In this way, it is understood that there is a need for specific support for the prevention and management of environmental crises in the ORs.

As citizens of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the outermost regions of the EU, which have been particularly affected by serious natural disasters, we experience directly the impact of climate change on our island. Our collective memory is home to a number of disasters arising from this climate crisis, including the time of 20 February 2010, which caused major flooding and defeated across the island, causing the deaths of 51 people, 600 displaced people and 250 injured. It is estimated that material damage exceeds EUR 1 billion, which is still being done today, mainly among those affected; according to an article of SIC Notícias, in 2020, 5 families were still waiting for permanent accommodation and several reconstruction works remained to be completed. In addition, Madeira is often affected by heat waves and forest fires, causing deaths, destroying homes and devastating large forest areas. One of the largest fires occurred in 2016, causing deaths, injuries and destruction of large forest and urban areas. With regard to biodiversity, these events pose a major threat not only at regional level, but also at European level, as the ORs contain around 80 % of European biodiversity.

Considering our personal experiences, the climate impacts of today and the expected consequences for the future, we consider that further EU action in this area is appropriate. We suggest setting up a task force dedicated to the ORs within the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism (EU Mechanism) due to their geographical isolation and predisposition to natural disasters.

With the worsening of natural disasters and increasing their regularity, regional civil protection bodies have an increasingly central role, which justifies differentiated treatment for them, based on Article 349 TFEU. For this reason, the OR Task Force could have the role of monitoring the development of natural risk phenomena in these regions and alerting the competent authorities in advance, seeking to prevent and/or minimise their effects. It could also be tasked with developing expertise at the outermost level and setting up a model of continuous cooperation for the training of civil protection bodies in the 9 outermost regions in preventing and responding to natural disasters. In the field of civil protection and disaster management, the team could provide an exchange of best practices, knowledge and training, including exchanges of professionals/volunteers and experts from each region.

We identify several advantages of setting up a Task Force dedicated to the ORs under the Union Mechanism; this could bring greater visibility to the EU as a promoter of security and stability in the ORs, as well as training civil protection professionals in the ORs in the specific features of the region in which they are located, for more effective prevention and response. In addition, a disaster prevention and response team in the ORs will lead to a quicker and more effective reaction in these regions, whose insularity and other severe constraints make it difficult for them to intervene in a timely manner.

In order to materialise these actions, we propose a specific financial component for the ORs. In the context of crisis prevention and management, we believe that a parcel reserved for the ORs would be adequate to compensate for their structural disadvantages in this area. This financial support could be part of the budgetary resources of the Facility and a specific part of the European Union Solidarity Fund reserved for the ORs.

Autonomous Region of Madeira (PT), 13.09.2021

Vanessa Quintal and Júlio Teixeira

The only rational solution to the energy problem in the European Union, and in particular in Poland, is to move from power generation from fossil fuels to power generation in nuclear power plants. These are old and tested by countries such as France or the United States. The only disadvantage of nuclear power plants is the cost and duration of construction, which is increasingly a prohibitive factor in the decision to build nuclear power plants. Eastern and Central Europe is Europe’s safest areas to build nuclear power plants in seismic, catastrophic, etc. The only weak link would be unskilled personnel, as happened during the Chernobyl disaster of '86. This is as much as possible to eliminate the appropriate targeting of the education of future technical graduates and the proper implementation of the profession. The issue of renewable energy sources does not solve the problem of energy demand with 100 % zero emissions. Germany’s electricity grid is largely based on coal-fired power stations and renewable energy sources. Unfortunately, Poland starts slowly on this route, as the energy problem in Poland is pushed to prosumers who are supposed to be self-sufficient and to feed the entire electricity grid from the surplus produced. Renewable energy sources are unstable and unpredictable. If the Polish electricity grid does not start to build on nuclear power plants, we are waiting for troubled years in terms of the guarantee of power supply from the electricity grid and its stability.

Removal of cryptocurrencies. Only a pyramid scheme can be demonstrated (Ponzi scheme).
In addition, they consume too much electricity. Electricity should be rationalised and not wasted as we do today

Obliging each Member State to plant each year a number of trees equal to its population.

Abandon the idea of building solar panels and wind generators. I want to open up new nuclear power plants.

New plastic ban. Industries use only plastic that is in the economic circuit, recycled.

We all know that the higher speed the household car has, the more pollution it did.
I propose to limit the maximum speed on Highways to 120 km/h in all EU countries also Germany.
This rule can be Removed only by countries that has been registered at least 60 % of not pollution cars.

The first idea is related to the transport of goods and passengers. As car batteries are currently not very autonomous, they propose the creation of universal batteries that can be mounted on any type of vehicle. When that battery is almost unloaded it can be quickly replaced with one already charged from any petrol station in the EU. The second idea would be the construction of hydropower plants on rivers. We know that they affect the fish of that river on which they are built. This is why I propose the slaughter of a single river and the construction of 50-100 hydropower plants during it.

Degeaba Reduceti emissions as long as they do not make massive reinvigoration to remove the gases already emitted until now. I am not going beyond the inevitable start. In particular, the straw is cut further.

Strict control of the quality of the fuels, tests carried out have shown that there are fuels on the markets which produce quantities of NOx, CO2 and CO which are higher than other fuels. In this respect, there is a need for standardisation of carbides and effective and coercive control of fuel producers.

Similarly, the strict control of the efficiency of traffic lights and of the efficiency of road networks, studies carried out have shown that traffic light networks are forced to operate in order to ingest road traffic, thus generating huge amounts of pollutant emissions from vehicles through longer start-up cycles, at which time any heating engine uses the highest amount of fuel. There have also been pseudo-works of infrastructure producing congestion and obviously an increase in pollution, both in the atmosphere and from an acoustic point of view. Severe coercive control of the sites dealing with this issue is necessary in order to put an end to such situations.

There is also a need for strict and very coercive control of economic operators and persons carrying out modifications of masses in the area of the exhaust system, catalytic converters and software cancellation of anti-pollution components (operations such as EGR OFF – EGR FIX, DPF OFF – DPF FIX, SWIRL flaps OFF). These changes take place on a very large scale, and are removed from control, with the authorities not having experts in the field to know what and how to control this phenomenon. The cancellation of these anti-pollution components leads to an exponential increase in all pollutant gases generated by a thermal engine.

Attached below, videos illustrating the above.

Video Video synchronisation for traffic lights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t25xF185MpU

Carbon test video —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t25xF185MpU

Cancellation video on anti-pollution systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo1qI5Ia5SI

Carbon taxes do not solve the NIMIC. They will also be paid by sarac people through bills. Sictir!

On me, I ingrijorease the usurinate with which plastic packaging is sold (often superfluous); this responsibility is then in the hands of the consumer, which does not seem to me to be normal at all.
People should not be responsible for the plastic items and packaging they use, which they do not demand anyway (nor should they be charged in addition)
This proof must be carried out by producers and traders.
When you sell a product in plastic packaging, be forced to bring that packaging back to you in your factory for recycling and reuse.
A system (circuit) for the input and withdrawal of this packaging must be introduced; and the producers obliged to take this circuit into account.
A simple solution for water spots and various beauts can be remedied and then returned over time.
A window of bottles from the empty bottle, go to the shop, take them full... until next date when you do the same.

There are still many ideas in which I plan to involve me, including mobids made of recycled plastic, but I would not discuss the idea here as I am now taking up European funds and developing a small ECO business for this topic!

I hope to hear us well in 10, to regain people who are more responsible and able to cope with climate change

Kind Regards,
Marius Onetiu

1. Prohibition of continental flights and their replacement by rail.
2. Ban on long-distance road transport and replacement by rail.

Today, it is more profitable to have a new printer (with contents included), rather than changing the cartridges of the old one, even if it is very good and consumes the same student as a new one in the same range. This is just an example of how producers and merchants train consumption which leads to further efforts on recycling.

Financial development and support for the development of rural areas through investments, incentives for small and large producers to reduce dependence on large polluters and large owners holding a monopoly!

I will write this in English I am not sure who will read it, if it will be read it, if it will be read it, if it will be read

My idea is to use paper packaging to all products don’t really ed packaging, for example toothpaste.
The same could apply to plastic packaging.

Thank you! Hopely it will be implemented.

1. Single-use packaging of any kind, such as bottles of mineral water, beer or juice and food containers, should be prohibited and replaced by standardised, reusable glass packaging.
Standardised meaning the same type of packaging for all beverages or foods in all EU countries.
Glass has the advantage that it is widespread throughout the world and can be recycled infinitely.
A uniform EU-wide tax should also be established for such packaging (e.g. EUR 1/piece).
In this way, much of the problem of plastic or metal pollution is solved.

2. Unsustainable logging/logging of forests must be banned at EU level and severely punished.
Must be classified as crimes against humanity and punished as such.

3. Binding legislation needs to be made at EU level for afforestation.
Clear timetable with the number and type of trees planted each year by each EU Member State, depending on the size of the country, the number of inhabitants and the climate.

Combining all power generation systems into one carbon, water, solar and air system. A system that suitably selects from which it can currently consume energy and whether it is expected to switch off the other.

I believe that the only way to combat climate change is to make the greatest possible use of green electricity (in transport – trains, cars, etc., but also in everyday life – electricity hoses, power plants), as well as the planting of areas that are complete by padure. In order to obtain the necessary green electricity, I believe that areas that are in the process of being served, as well as areas with poor agricultural/impadurical potential, should be covered by photovoltaic panels. Wind energy is also very good, but the potential for exploitation and production is high compared to photovoltaic.
Warmly, it would be important to make the waste of resources as possible as possible, in order to discard more manning, use clothes over a longer period of time and recycle as much packaging as possible.

Deurbanisation by raising education in rural areas. This is the only obstacle, for young people, that they cannot solve alone.

Shop sustainable products

I propose an organic construction concept (civil and industrial). A good thermal coefficient (house of 3 litres, less than 30 kw per square metre or less than..... until approaching a neutral value).
Materials: wood, cane, hemp, wool, etc. Covered in clay (healthiest)
Advantages: low production costs, little energy for burning, recycling is not a problem.
Give you an example:
https://youtu.be/GbM_TqqM2WM
This is a system of joining two bodies (cassettes, solid wood, etc.). The elements may be positioned both vertically and horizontally. This system is patented by me (German patent) and internationally recognised (PCT).
HERE WE HAVE A VERY ADVANTAGEOUS SOLUTION IN ALL RESPECTS.
1. LOW PURCHASE COST
2. LOW MAINTENANCE COST
3. NATURAL RECYCLING
We face our future. The decisions now will be seen in 10 years even more than 20 years.
EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON OUR WILL

A ban on packaging which is disproportionate to the quantity of the packaged product. very often containers (cartons, doses, etc.) are used which are unjustifiably high in relation to the quantity of the product, merely to create the impression that you bought more for the price in question.

The development of nuclear power plants would provide cheap, continuous and non-emission energy. Can be used to produce hydrogen that would power cars

The development of nuclear power plants would provide cheap, continuous and non-emission energy. Can be used to produce hydrogen that would power cars

Moving away from GDP as a measure of success and development, replacing it with HPI or similar.
Denying corporations human rights and making management and shareholders, rather than corporations, personally liable for environmental damage and citizens.
Tackling the causes and not the effects of climate change – moving away from CO2 emissions as a measure of environmental damage and focusing on soil deforestation and soil erosion as a measure of degradation and CO2 sequestration in soils as a way to tackle climate change.
Moving away from fake concepts designed to save the world (vegetable diet, electric cars, CO2-absorbing installations, etc.) to measures to drastically reduce consumption and thus reduce the use of natural resources to the level that the Earth is able to regenerate. Promotion
and support for permaculture and regenerative agriculture, holistic management, agroforestry and silvopastoralism.
Supporting local initiatives to meet as much as possible living needs close to homes and helping to make local communities as self-sufficient as possible on a daily and emergency basis.
Promoting all administrative divisions, investments and nature conservation activities, not within the limits set arbitrarily, but within catchment areas and bioregions, in order to standardise water management and thus reduce the risk of extreme weather events.
Introduce a total moratorium on human interference in all other natural forest areas in the EU.
Moving away from the ‘combat’ for the environment to the ‘smoking’ of nature and being an integral part of it.

promote Permaculture

More freedom is only the way for genuine market – driven innovation, also in new energy sources. Focus on single market coherence rather than on top down actions towards far fetched goals, that risk turning economy into disaster. Do not base development policies on restricting activity in other sectors – that’s not fair nor just, Whatever the reason.

We need to build linear, green orthos. On the system of rural harshers, the orchards that are linear will benefit from everything that is necessary for our evolution, minimal pollution, but will also allow the planet to be regenerated. As an idea, such a timetable would consist of several symmetrical, parallel areas, the area of houses, the park, and on the outside self-lanes and solar panel farms. Transport would be very simple by underground train. At distances from cativa kilometres over the length, office areas, mall, entertainment may be fined. There may be farms, factories, etc. between linear organs (which are also parallel) at distances long enough not to affect the oranges and vice versa. It is also possible to regenerate between them. As much as is necessary in the vicinity of the dwellers, consumption will be reduced and people would benefit from more time. These timetables could stop the processing of the stakes as a barrier. Since it is close to agricultural areas, irrigation of pamants and the maintenance of irrigation systems would be much easier.

Planting hemp bushes in cities 2 times a year to absorb carbon dioxide faster and in any field after the harvest period of the main plant 9 to enrich the soil with nutrients

Minimising plastic packaging. The volume of bags used by merchants should be equal to the volume of food or generally the goods they package, see: Crisps, meat packed in too big casinos (just to impress the buyer), detergents, etc. The amount of plastic used would be reduced by at least one third. This should be regulated at EU level and mandatory for all merchants.

In relation to recycling, I believe that pressure is wrongly placed on the buyer when it is in fact the producers and retailers who are responsible. The final consumer shall have access to products offered by traders. A large proportion of products on the market are packed in containers that cannot be recycled. For this problem I believe that one possible solution is to draw up strict European legislation that refuses to sell or to charge additional charges to producers and retailers who do not use recyclable and/or compostable packaging, while at the same time offering facilities where product packaging can be recycled. In my view, the moral problem here lies with producers, the final consumer being limited in choosing the offers available.

All European countries must end with coal.Design a common source of heat generation.Prohibition of diesel cars by 2030, and petrol up to 2040 Compulsory afforestation to 60 % of the country’s surface area.Only paper packaging or glass packaging ban on the use of fertilisers, construction of retention aids and environmental education as an object in schools

It should be mandatory to install plastic bottle delivery machines in every city and village. The person giving the bottle would then deliver a small amount of money (e.g. several groves). This would encourage many people to better segregate plastic, especially as they would see a measurable financial gain for them and not just a profit for the environment.

Hello,

My idea is to create a device that could produce energy from cooking foods and Meals.

*From GDP as a measure of success and development, replacing it with HPI or similar.
* Removing the rights of corporations as human beings and making boards and shareholders, not corporations, personally responsible for the damage caused to the environment and their fellow citizens.
* Tackling the causes rather than the effects of climate change – moving away from CO2 emissions as a measure of environmental damage and focusing on deforestation and soil erosion as measures for degradation and sequestration of CO2 in soils as a means of tackling climate change.
* Moving away from fake concepts to save the world (vegetable dieta, electric cars, CO2 absorption installations, etc.) towards action to drastically reduce consumption and thus reduce natural resource consumption to the level that the Earth is able to regenerate.
* Promotion and support of permaculture and carbon farming, holistic management, agroforestry and silvopastoralism.
* Supporting local initiatives to address as much of their living needs as possible in the vicinity of their homes and helping to make local communities as self-sufficient as possible on a daily basis and in crisis situations.
* Promoting all administrative divisions, investments, nature conservation actions not within arbitrarily defined limits but within catchment areas and bioregions, in order to normalise water management and thus reduce the risk of extreme weather events.
* Introduce a complete moratorium on human interference in all remaining natural forest areas within the EU.
* Moving away from the “fights for the environment” and climate change narrative, towards “bringing nature” and our planet, and being an integral part of it.”

Uniform rules applicable in all countries for renewable sources.

Planting more trees to absorb Co2, the introduction of laws for producers to reduce plastic in whoe’s packaged products, the introduction of glass return bottles, and the introduction in shops of a restriction on the use of beads (clients in each fruit will be able to catch BRAC). TV advertising spots promoting environmental behaviour, e.g. from a gate in which we packed 2 meads yesterday, taking them again for shopping and packing carrots.

Implementation of the ban on heating houses and domestic hot water with solid fuels, banning urban diesel and dense buildings, capturing DPF filters and exhaust gas recirculation, setting up institutions to control sources of air pollution in cities – single-family houses, workshops, garages where they burn waste and litter as part of their savings, poisoning the surrounding population. The creation of a web portal where environmental poisoning can be reported through an email with attachments in the form of photos and videos.

On climate change, we can save energy in a very simple way. The aim is to leave huge sites and often even light shops at night. Although the illumination of neonoses or named signposts in addition to a self-standing advertisement somehow illuminates the surrounding area, it is no longer sensible to give a light to the whole front of the shop. Limit unsound current consumption

Safety from environmental and food diversity and sabotage.
Led greenhouses – Food safety.
Underground nuclear power plants

Bearing in mind that transport is one of the main perpetrators of air pollution (it emits more than 25 % of these gases in the EU according to the European Environment Agency) and bearing in mind that it is also a major local problem for all cities that exceed the recommended and legal limits of air pollution, as well as the noise problems resulting from the fact that, according to the European Environment Agency, it is the second cause of health problems just behind air pollution in eastern Europe, it is clear that action must be taken!

Looking at the data, we see that there is only one mode of transport that not only has not increased greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades but has decreased: rail (the European Year we are celebrating right now!)

It is therefore clear, bearing in mind that we cannot stop travelling by coup, that rail is called to be the transport of the future as it was in the past. However, moving by rail is not an easy task today in the EU.
Even though it is relatively easy to move between big cities with high-speed connections, the thing is complicated when cities are not big poles of attraction, let alone that it is almost impossible to find a journey starting in a crowd of a remote region from any important node of communications.

To give a real example, I am currently attending my erasmus in Firenze, Italy, my intention was to come by train from my city: Equal, near Barcelona, which does not count on a train stack of the Catalan Government’s railway company.
The problem is, as you may imagine, that if I put on the internet Igualada-Firenze does not show any result for the journey and if I put forward all the options that appear by plane, either directly or by stopovers, and none by train, even if there is one.
In order to find the train journey, I had to look for the journeys that would take me to Firenze, but as there was no database with all European rail services I had to search for the browsers of the national railway companies (FGC, RENFE, SNCF, TRENITALIA, etc.) with all the operations involved and the lack of knowledge of the lines and the stations that could be used to make my journey. Finally, I found 3 or 4 alternative routes between Barcelona and Firenze (if much longer and more expensive than the aircraft), that is 3 or 4! However, no one appears on the internet...

So I think it would be a major step forward to create a pan-European transport platform or browser, including rail, but also other public transport, in order to be able to complete journeys from big cities to your final destination, for example. Since transport already exists and much of the work already required by national transport operators, it would only be a step further and with tools such as BigData and algorithms to create a European public transport portal (prioritising train, of course) that brings together all data from all transport modes in the EU and allows citizens but also businesses to connect two points on the map in a simple, fast, efficient and sustainable way.

You are here to Hear our ideas? SO let me give you one. How about instead of talking nicely about your efforts to do something about the climate change the EU and every other party involved in global market could start to hold accountable those who are truly responsible for this disaster? Where even one million brilliant ideas won’t help if the corporate lobbyist will keep politicians BFFs and Destroying all the effort. You all think we are stupid or what? There is no possibility to win the game if the rules are structured to follow one single goal to profit the ‘biggest and strongest’no matter the costs. SO it’s great to encourage young people to be creative and share their brilliant ideas but should be no doubt that the current global food/energy/production (you name it) systems need more than just an overhaul, they need to be changed in their very core, that is torn apart by inequality and constant climate and human rights abuses. SO yeah that’s my idea Creating a new framework for complete restructuring global markets and the way corporate wealth and profit is understood within this framework but let’s be honest here this won’t event will it...

My idea is such as to limit my own-grown advertising. Advertise only products that are neutral for our planet. And to define the limits of wealth, because it is the desire to continually bounce our planet to the verge of extermination!

Empowering the consumer with fair front-end nutrition labelling

The adoption in certain European countries and the broad support of the food industry suggest that the Nutri-Score FOPL will be harmonised in the EU. However, Nutri-Score has significant shortcomings in its ability to identify more or less healthy foods and punishes traditional products, classification errors that generate contradictory messages for consumers and shows a lack of transparency on how a product’s final score is obtained.
The FOPL scoring system to be harmonised in the EU should
therefore take particular account of:

1. Include a criterion on the degree of food processing, as ultra-processed foods have a serious health effect. The score could be developed by the recognised NOVA system, which classifies food into four categories according to the level of processing.

2. Differentiation between free sugars and intrinsic sugars in the scoring system, subtracting free sugars based on the WHO’s declared health effect differentiation.

3. The scale of the quantity of sugar should take account of the WHO recommendations, which state that the daily sugar intake should be less than 10 % of the total energy consumed, and ideally less than 5 %. Currently, the Nutriscore system does not sufficiently punish the quantity of sugar because it has a scale ranging from 0gr to 45gr. (to give room for reformulation to the industry, consider having a permissive scale over a period of years, after which a more restrictive sugar scale would enter into force.)

4. A distinction is made between the quality of the fats present, differentiating the score between fats commonly described as “bad” (saturated, hydrogenated and trans) and “good” fats (mono and polyunsaturated).

5. The score is accompanied by a QR code giving access to a page explaining in detail how the food product scored to make the tool more transparent.

6. Include in the QR platform explicit and clear information concerning:
The high content of sodium and/or sugars, if any.
Additives contained therein.
If it contains palm oil.
7. Consider including additional information such as quality labels, ecological labels or future sustainability labels (Eco label).

8. The exemption from FOPL of products with PDO/PGI/GI stamps because, by protecting traditional recipes, they cannot be reformulated to healthier versions and it would be contradictory to discourage their purchase.

These proposals have been created in the framework of the Forum x the Future of the European Union, a Team Europe initiative.

Mandatory in key criteria for green public procurement in food.

We believe that public administrations, which manage purchases of tonnes of food for public services — such as hospitals and colleges — can (and should) be held responsible for developing sustainable purchasing policies.
For
these reasons, we propose that the following criteria of “Green Public Procurement for Food” should be mandatory with the aim of achieving their generalisation in the EU and actively incentivising the transformation of food systems:

1. A minimum percentage of purchases of ‘Kilometer 0’ products, i.e. within a radius of 100 km, since it is up to which it is considered to be responsible for reducing emissions. Special incentive for small producers.

2. A minimum percentage of products of organic origin, to incentivise and support outlets for organic farms, in line with the Union’s objective of 25 % of farms being organic.

3. The menus should be “plant based”, i.e. be more based on plant products compared to animal products, as they are less polluting and healthier.
4. A minimum of 90 % of the purchase is seasonal products.

5. The contracted entity has a plan for the sustainable management of its food waste and a strategy to minimise single-use plastic packaging, in particular by encouraging the use of tap water versus bottled water.

6. Establish a maximum percentage of ultra-processed products (qualified by the NOVA system) that can be included in the menu as well as being less healthy, they pollute more.

7. Set a maximum limit for the introduction into menus of products containing free sugars in excess of WHO recommendations.

These proposals have been created in the framework of the Forum x the Future of the European Union, a Team Europe initiative.

A MANAGEMENT OF CIRCULAR RESIDURES FOR TEXTIL INDUSTRY

is essential for the transition to the circular economy to be a harmonised process within the European Union itself in order to avoid inequalities between countries. As regards waste management by the textile industry, the European Union should:

1. Oblige all textile companies to report in a transparent manner on their waste management policy.

2. Prohibit the burning of surplus textile production and establish a common market for such products:
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a) Promote the creation of a European Textile Waste Network through an online portal where large companies offer their production surpluses to SMEs whose business model is based on the sale of second-hand goods or upcycling. This ensures that garments and materials will have at least a second life.

(b) These SMEs will be able to purchase raw materials or goods already manufactured for a symbolic price to cover transport and management costs.
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c) The European Union, in cooperation with the Member States, will step up surveillance to prevent these products from ending up in illegal sales businesses outside the single market.

3. Subsidise and advertise SMEs engaged in the sale of second-hand products, as well as companies recycling waste from large companies from the European Textile Waste Network.

4. Establish a minimum number of places for donating clothes in the districts of every European city and ensure their transparent functioning.

Meat once a week in one meal.
This will reduce livestock production

Promoting a RESPONSABLE OF THE PAPER IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

requires the EU institutions, together with the individual Member States, to consider concrete measures to increase demand for recycled paper and cardboard, thus fostering a circular economy in the European Union with a strong sector that is committed to reusing and producing products from the recycling of paper and board.

The demand for recycled paper and paperboard in the EU continues to fall, which in turn discourages the emergence of a strong European sector for the production of recycled paper and paperboard in Europe. To reverse this situation, we propose the creation of a Strategic Plan to incentivise Europe’s internal markets for recycled paper and board with concrete measures to increase domestic demand, such as:

1. Public administrations and services in the Member States which use paper and cardboard for their activities (offices, institutes, hospitals, etc.) and toilet paper for their facilities purchase between 75 % and 90 % of these in a recycled form. As far as possible, this initiative should also be extended to the private sector.

2. Subsidies on the production of recycled paper and paperboard of all types (at the request of the company) to reduce manufacturing costs. As a result, the final price of final products is expected to be lower and more attractive to strategic paper and cardboard intensive sectors (parcel delivery companies, copiers, household paper, etc.)

3. Apply reduced VAT to all products made from recycled cellulose fibres. In this way, the final product is more affordable, which is expected to lead to an increase in demand and, finally, in terms of economies of scale, also to bring benefits to the producing companies.

4. Agree with Member States that recovered paper and cardboard should be a product rather than waste throughout the Union based on the JCR guidelines. The aim of this measure is to reduce red tape and remove barriers to free movement, as there are currently some European countries that have already legislated at national level, while others have not legislated at national

level. Support research projects for the design of recycling methods and efficient reuse of collected paper and board, with the aim of advancing recycling techniques in order to reduce costs and consequently increase demand. these
proposals have been set up in the framework of the Forum x the Future of the European Union, a Team Europe initiative

Following the European Union’s stated

intention to legislate against greenwashing, the following proposals are put forward here, focusing in particular on the cosmetics industry, as one of the sectors in which environmental liability is most demanded by consumers. For
example, we propose the creation of specific sections for cosmetic companies that at least include the following precautions when deciding whether a product that is self-qualified as “green” is indeed green:

1. In order for a product containing essential oils to be considered organic: (a

) The methods of cultivation (extension of land, irrigation and use of pesticides) must ensure the viability of the surrounding ecosystems and promote the efficient and controlled use of natural resources.

(b) If essential oils are used from endangered species, the company must plant new specimens for each individual that eliminates

them. (

c) Purity of the oils must be explicitly guaranteed and demonstrated. (

d) The methods of transporting these ingredients will be environmentally friendly and must take precedence.
In factories, the residues of oil will be eliminated, taking into account the risks mentioned above, as regards their flamability (in particular for lemon, lavender and tea tree oils).
— The consumer shall be informed of the appropriate means of discarding the product on the packaging of the product. (

f) The company’s accountability for this must be public and easily accessible to consumers.

2. A product which is intended to be considered organic shall ensure that its use-by date is sufficiently late to be fully consumed before it is discarded, without compromising the health of the user; Either through the use of synthetic or natural preservatives provided for in European legislation, or through the use of appropriate packaging.

These proposals have been created in the framework of the Forum x the Future of the European Union, a Team Europe initiative.

Adopt cross-sectoral policies with a particular focus on agriculture and water to help protect wetlands

Reform, EXPANSION AND Standardisation of the EU Ecolabel

The European Union launched the EU Ecolabel in 1992. However, the Union itself eventually recognised the low impact of this label precisely because of its optional nature. All this results in the buyer being unaware of the ecological footprint of the products it purchases.

We therefore propose to:

1. Modification of the EU Ecolabel system: Establishment of a system of levels by colour and numerical scale (0-100) according to the level of compliance with the parameters established by the EU Ecolabel, instead of being a endorsement logo.

2. Expansion of the use of the EU Ecolabel to all products placed on the EU market through progressive implementation — detailed in point 5 — differentiating according to product type. Therefore, by extending the current portfolio of product groups and criteria.

3. In physical shops, include a scantable QR code with a mobile phone addressing a page no larger than the equivalent of a virtual DIN A4 page, detailing the criteria used to obtain the score.
— Transmedia communication: Add links to official pages to provide further information without overloading the fiche.
— Ensuring usability and accessibility.

4. For online purchases, the QR code will be replaced by a similar operating button.

5. Phasing-in through phases:
Stage 1: Maintain the voluntary character of the label following the completion of the above detailed reforms for a period of approximately 5 years, with a view to a future binding nature.
Stage 2: After this period, the EU Ecolabel becomes mandatory for all products to be sold within the Single Market. There are no penalties or incentives at this stage.
Stage 3: Introduction of consequences. Launch of a number of bonuses to be developed by each Member State and with financial support from the EU for products with high scores.
Stage 4: Restrictions and penalties on poor ratings will enter into force.

6. Each Member State shall designate one or more authorities to ensure strict compliance with these measures when they enter into force.

These proposals have been created in the framework of the Forum x the Future of the European Union, a Team Europe initiative.

And think that if we are talking about decreesing Emmision from transport we should forbid production of expensive (full of technical desing electronics that are expensive and increase energy consumption). In EU we dont have any fully electric car that is available for poor people. Bridge of vehicles are too expensive to be replacement of normal (fossil fuel cars). IF we think about neutrality in 25 years we should forbid production of exclusive and qualified cars and replace them with normal, functional and cheap vehicles.

Roller scooters (not electric) exempt from VAT. Cheaper bicycles are fewer cars

I propose to reduce environmental degradation and waste by:

1/Extension of the minimum guarantee for goods and equipment for e.g. 5 years.
Currently, manufacturers use different methods to increase the failure of the equipment after the end of the guarantee, i.e. normally after 2 years. This results in a large amount of waste.
An increase of the guarantee to 5 years would slightly increase the cost of production, but would reduce the amount of litter and reduce the amount of energy needed to produce, as production could decrease.
Producers would compensate for the reduced production by higher margins.

2/Introduction of an EU Organic Product Certification Agency to ensure:
— assessment and categorisation of products for environmental damage throughout the product’s life cycle: manufacture, use, as waste and recyclability, including packaging,
taxation of products and packaging based on environmental damage and recyclability.
Such categorisation + taxation should favour environmentally friendly and easily recyclable products and discourage the production of environmentally harmful products, and would be a barrier to the import of environmentally harmful goods outside the EU.

3/Forcing manufacturers of goods with a short shelf life to use suitable biodegradable packaging. Nowadays, food products that can be consumed for 2 weeks are often packaged as litter in the environment for several hundred years.

4/Promoting and introducing EU-wide taxation of cars based on harmful exhaust emissions;

5/Increase taxes and duties on raw materials and commodities contributing to environmental degradation and biodiversity decline such as palm oil, exotic wood...

6/Prohibition to export/import litter to prevent litter being exported to poor countries where they poison the environment afterwards.

INCREASE EUROPEAN FUNDING WITH A MORE AMBITIOUS CLIMATE POLICY

Introduction:
Climate action is one of the highest priorities during Ursula von der Leyen’s mandate and one of the foundations of the Green Deal, an initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other problems caused by environmental degradation.
Both taxes and quotas are key to internalising the externalities caused by these environmental problems. The pillars of EU climate policy are the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) focusing mainly on the energy, industry and aviation sectors; the Regulation on Shared Effort (ESR) and Land Use, Land Use Change and Forests (LULUCF).
The European Union budget is mainly financed by resources extracted from taxes from European Member States, which in some cases give rise to political controversy about the cost of the EU versus the benefits it entails.

Problem description:
Following the current crisis caused by the coronavirus and its major economic impact on the EU and its Member States, the budget of the European Union needs to be evaluated in a way that meets the needs of Europeans and complies with the principle of “do not significantly harm”. Following the creation of the Next Generation EU (NGEU) economic recovery programme of EUR 750 billion, new ways of financing are needed to cover these resources.
Among the sources of funding proposed, there are different mechanisms for reducing the environmental impact through the imposition of emission quotas or taxes. It must be essential to halt and repair the current climate crisis, as some of the environmental problems caused by air pollution cause around 400.000 deaths in the European Union.
Alternatives include the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the degressive creation of emission permits that can be freely traded. However, despite its great potential and capacity to reduce emissions and increase European economic recovery funds, the ETS does not yet cover enough sectors and does not have a sufficiently high rate of gradual reduction of permits.
Moreover, due to mobility restrictions due to the pandemic, many of the allowances permits were not used, thus creating an excess that discourages the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Proposal:
We propose as a measure to mitigate the negative impacts caused by climate change, as well as an additional source of funding from the European Union, the revision of the European Emissions Trading System Directive comprising the following points:
An analysis and reassessment of emissions caused by air routes to include not only those carried out within the European Economic Area (EEA-33) but also international routes through the CORSIA global agreement.
An increase in the sectors covered by the EU ETS as it currently focuses only on the industry, aviation and electricity sectors. Therefore, the building and transport sectors should in particular be incorporated into the Emission Permit System due to their high environmental impact.
A system for allocating pollution benefits by means of an auction system, the profits of which are earmarked for European funds for economic reconstruction. According to a study carried out by Bruegel, the total benefits in 2050 would reach between EUR 800 trillion and EUR 1,5 trillion if the number of allowances auctioned would increase, thus decreasing those provided free of charge.
A readjustment of the current number of permits in circulation through the Market Stability Reserve (MRS), an initiative taken by the European Union to correct imbalances between supply and demand for allowances permits, especially due to mobility and activity restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The speed at which proportionate allowances permits in circulation are reduced should be increased in order to reduce emissions at a higher speed in line with the current context and needs and the European 2050 neutrality targets.

* This proposal has been created in the framework of the Forum x the Future of the European Union *

ALIGNING COMPETITION POLICY WITH THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL

Introduction
A competition-based market system incentivises companies to innovate in order to reduce resource use, seek more efficient technologies and thus bring down costs. Innovation by competition also incentivises the green transition by encouraging an efficient and reduced use of resources and complementing other environmental policies that seek to internalise the negative consequences of climate change.
On 4 February 2021, the European Commission organised the Conference “Competition Policy Contributing to the European Green Deal” connecting relevant experts, civil society, businesses and political representatives with the aim of creating a competition policy more aligned with the 2050 neutrality objectives of the European Green Deal. This conference was based on four main pillars underpinning European competition policy: political ambition, innovation, competition regulation and mergers and state aid.

Description of the problem
Despite the fact that competition incentivises lower production costs, innovation and the search for more efficient technologies that contribute to the fight against climate change; competition policies can only be aligned in a more efficient and environmentally friendly way if they comply with a number of regulations obliging companies to bear the cost of the negative externalities they produce.
Major problems have arisen from anti-competitive behaviour, such as the cartel case of BMW, Daimler and VW, in which certain companies cooperate in order to avoid competition that competes to innovate in order to achieve the sustainability objectives set.
The EU offers a regulation laid down in Article 101.1 TFEU which is not sufficient because it restricts this type of agreement with the great exception of agreements where the benefits outweigh the costs, that there are no less costly alternatives and that consumers receive a fair share of the benefits.
In addition, there is a risk, as has been the case on several occasions, that companies will simply adopt greenwashing measures against these regulations without actually meeting sustainability objectives.
On the other hand, provision has been made for compliance with ‘green conditionality’ in state aid. However, due to the current economic downturn, in sectors such as aviation, the EU has chosen to provide financial bailouts without implementing any kind of conditionality or regulation that requires sustainable operation.

Proposal
As a solution to the abovementioned problems and in order to enable the Green Deal to implement and achieve the objectives of the Green Deal, it is of great importance that a European policy is in place to encourage innovation from an environmental point of view and in accordance with the principle of “do not significantly harm”. To this end, we propose the following three points on European competition that is more aligned with the European Green Deal and its 2050 neutrality objectives:
A revision of the State Aid Guidelines obliging beneficiaries to comply with the principles of “green conditionality” and “do not significantly harm”. In this way, all aid promoting the activity of undertakings which not only contribute to the deterioration of the environment and increase pollution, but also aid whose activity is not directly related to environmental protection should be rejected. This review should always be subject to the limits of the TFEU and to the regulations of each Member State of the European Union.
A review of the regulation of anti-competitive behaviour under Article 101 (3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines, including clarifications on the cases of exceptions and adding regulations to prevent greenwashing practices.
Promotion of renewable energy auctioning in order to increase competition and end speculation in the sector. This auction system, operating under a competitive system, helps to reduce the costs and price of renewables. The guidelines governing State aid, and in particular the introduction of a competitive renewable energy auction mechanism, should include clarifications on the principle of ‘technological neutrality’, which allows for greater diversification of technologies that ensure greater resource efficiency.

* This proposal has been created in the framework of the Forum x the Future of the European Union *

Have a European-wide uniform selective sorting system. Be able to sort your waste wherever you are, even on the street.

To establish an efficient and uniform system of wast-storing. Recycle bin should be available everywhere, even in the street.

Have a European-wide pre-forming and standardised selective sorting system. Be able to sort your waste wherever you are, even on the street.

To establish an efficient and uniform system of wast-storing. Recycle bin should be available everywhere, even in the street.

Have a rail network that connects all major European cities. With affordable prices to have a real alternative to the plane.

A true train network that crosses all Europe. A real alternative to plane.

A theme addressed in any school curriculum that highlights science and technology, which over a few hours explains how, on a small scale, we can mobilise, to the least polluted possible.
Like a colibri, everyone has a duty to fulfil their share.

The wearing apparel industry is another, immediately after the meat industry, the most burdensome type of industry. The huge use of water (1 t-shirt = 2700 litres of water, compared to 3 litres of water daily demand), the carbon footprint of transport and the creation of “short-term” fast-consuming clothes contribute to the degradation of the environment and the littering of water and soils. In order to partially solve the problem, it would be necessary to force clothing brands to remanufacture products, to do so to charitable/social organisations, or to sell them at the lowest possible price. In addition, in order to control clothing companies, non-compliant brands would be subject to financial penalties/temporary sales bans.

‘TRASH CODES’;
All have the problem of classifying themselves into suitable containers. As a result, the multiplicity of mites mimics in unsuitable containers. Proposes that packers be forced to add a label to which spliced packets are tagged.
This may be a colour system (fitted for coloured containers: Zolty=plastic, blue=paper, green = glass, etc.) and stalls (trocat=plastic, square=paper, Kolo=glo, etc.). Such marks would be flooded by, for example, inserting next to the bar code: The colour of the moglby was the background strip-codes and the mould was further convexed, i.e. a latent to be identified by blind persons.

EUROPEAN GUARD/PLANETARY GUARD;
Climate change is causing an increasing incidence and scale of disasters. Arguably, when the problem of one country today is so great that smoke poisons, countries that are thousands of kilometres away from the outside are poisoned. Dissociation from an unprecedented scale to millions of people. The scale of these phenomena is becoming insurmountable by individual states. In doing so, it requires repetitive action and the use of measures to ensure the scale of the drainage. Such measures could be used to be ecaders of airplanes and gas helicopters, or gun brigades equipped with the most recent and best way to measure new phenomena in a private and effective way.
In order to be economically, orientically and politically, to build such a unit, it seems necessary to operate all the States together.

Changing the way agriculture today is done. The major impact of climate change and the resulting extreme events. Agriculture must be carried out in a sustainable way, without it having a negative impact on the environment. As a result of late farming, the high use of chemicals in agricultural production and the fact that the soil is heavily worked, it is the result of which it follows an erosion process (desertification) and the release of C, which leads to the problems that cause climate change. Conversion to sustainable and sustainable agriculture that does not adversely affect the environment is necessary in the near future. Thank you!

Idea is very simple. IF a tree needs to be cut then one MUST plant 2 instead. The 2-to-1 principle. By dry procedure we push even further our zero-emission mission!

Investments in the production of green energy, wind power, solar panels

I believe it is important to force the largest suppliers of CO2 to the atmosphere, to change energy policy. Because we care about ecology here, but nothing can be done if the whole world is not joined. The only result will be the impoverishment of the EU population.

In major cities, public transport (trams, trolleybuses, buses, etc.) should be ultra removers, convenient, very well maintained, cover long routes, run on a strict, well-organised schedule, thus encouraging their use also by those who prefer their own car. They could absorb a large number of people who otherwise use each private car, creating ambushments with large quantities of noxies released into the atmosphere.
It would be advisable to create a modern metro network that also absorbs a large number of citizens, especially at peak times, unlocking and spilling over traffic.

More compost sites near big citties.

To ensure that everyone before the age of majority is required to plant at least 1 trees