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Table of Contents

1. The Context for a New Environment Action Programme 9

1.1. Building on a sound basis .. 9

1.2. Contributing to sustainable development . 11

1.3. Nature of the Programme. 12

2. A Strategic Approach to Meeting Our Environmental Objectives 13

2.1. Improving the Implementation of Existing legislation 13

2.2. Integrating environmental concerns into other policies . 14

2.3. Encouraging the Market to Work for the Environment.. 15

2.4. Empowering Citizens and Changing Behaviour 20

2.5. Greening Land-Use Planning and Management Decisions .. 21

3. Tackling Climate Change 24

3.1. The Issue . 24

3.2. Objectives and targets 26

3.3. Policy approach 26

4. Nature and bio-diversity – protecting a unique resource 30

4.1. The issue . 30

4.2. Objectives and targets 31

4.3. Policy approach 31

4.4. The way ahead.. 32

4.5. International Action 37

4.6. Bio-diversity Strategy and Action Plans - filling the knowledge gap.. 37

5. Environment and Health.. 39

5.1. The issue . 39

5.2. Overall Environment-Health Objective. 39

5.3. Overall Policy Approach . 40

5.4. Chemicals: Aiming at a Non-Toxic Environment 41

5.5. Pesticides 43

5.6. Ensuring the Sustainable Use and High Quality of Our Water Resources. 45

5.7. Air pollution.. 47

5.8. Reducing Noise Pollution to Acceptable Levels 48

6. The Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Management ofWastes 50

6.1. Resource Efficiency and Management .. 50

6.2. Waste Prevention and Management 52

7. The European Union in the wider world .. 57

7.1. An enlarged European Union. 57

7.2. Solving international problems . 58

8. Policy Making Based on Participation and Sound Knowledge .. 61

8.1. Better Regulation. 61

8.2. Information for Policy Making and Evaluation . 63

8.3. Guiding Principles of EU Environmental Policymaking 65