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Jacqueline McGlade - BTG REFLECTIONS
Bridging the Gap 2008 Reflections European Environment Agency The 3 conference questions? Why do we need urgent action? How to put environment at the heart of economic decision making? How to improve communication between scientists policy makers politicians business and civil society? European Environment Agency Tipping points European Environment Agency Aral Sea Maintaining ecosystem resources European Environment Agency Fish out of water Reduce inequalities European Environment Agency Social cohesion? European Environment Agency Alienation from nature European Environment Agency Otherwise catastrophe looms European Environment Agency Unbearable European Environment Agency Enlightenment European Environment Agency Paradise European Environment Agency Who do you think you are? European Environment Agency The 3 R’s European Environment Agency Integrated policies European Environment Agency Ecosystem accounts Services & Natural capital accounts Water accounts European Environment Agency Environmental acquis European Environment Agency Norwegian diplomat Charung Gollar UN 2004 European Environment Agency Going, going European Environment Agency 1993 - 1995 - 2000 Gone European Environment Agency Alchemy of leadership European Environment Agency Natural capital European Environment Agency European Environment Agency Die off European Environment Agency The Unhappy Planet FoE/NEF 2006 Happiness counts European Environment Agency Priceless? European Environment Agency Priceless? EEA definition of the Precautionary Principle for Actions Priceless? The PP provides justification for public policy actions in situations of, scientific complexity, uncertainty and ignorance, where there may be a need to act in order to avoid, or reduce, potentially serious or irreversible threats to heath or the environment, using an appropriate level of scientific evidence, and taking into action the likely pros and cons of action and inaction. European Environment Agency [Slide 43 Sustaining our living capital European Environment Agency
