The European Commission’s Directorate-General Environment presents a video report on the concrete measures proposed by the European Commission. It includes interviews with key voices.

With the active involvement of the EU, the Bali Conference, last December, demonstrated that a global agreement on climate change is feasible. Today, the European Commission's new energy and climate package aims to slash the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% by 2020, and by 30% if other industrialised countries agree to do the same.
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The video report entitled "The EU revives innovation by businesses" demonstrates the importance of stepping up investment in innovation in Europe. The film illustrates:
New technologies in the world of toys: a toy car with a hydrogen fuel cell that runs an electric motor, in response to directives on limiting the use of metals and dangerous substances. AIJU, the Toy Technology Centre in Ibi (Valencia region), which tests the quality and educational potential of toys on the market. Shots of the Valencia conference.
Interviews:Joaquín VILAPLANA, Director of AIJU ... continua

We're in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Contrary to appearances, these men are not soldiers... They are forest rangers from the ICCN, the Congolese Institute of Nature Conservation. Their job? To fight against poaching and protect the biodiversity of the Virunga National Park.
Interviews:
Samy Mankoto, President, Central Africa Protected Areas NetworkNorbert Mushenzi, Conservationist, Virunga National ParkCarlo De Filippi, Head of European Commission Delegation - Democratic Republic of CongoNorbert Mushenzi, Conservationist, Virunga National ... continua

Eighty kilometres from Stockolm, near the town of Uppsala, lies Anders Kjellerby's farm. As well as cattle, there's a heard of 180 pigs and every year the farm produces4.200 piglets. There are very tough restrictions including a maximum weaning age of 4 weeks and a complete ban on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters.As Anders explains, Sweden was in fact the first European country to adopt such a ban, back in 1986.
Interviews:
Anders Kjellerby,Farmer in UppsalaStaffan Normark, Institute of Infectious Disease Control, Sweden Birgitta Henriques, ... continua

The European Union has been leading international efforts to fight climate change since global warming first moved onto the political agenda in the late 1980s. Europe has been instrumental in the development of both the United Nations convention to combat climate change and of its Kyoto Protocol. Interviews:Matthias Duwe: Climate Action Network. Jos Delbeke: Director of climate change policy - European Comision. Vincent Michel:Holcim. Visit the site: www.mostra.com Download subtitles:

La réduction de l'extrême pauvreté figure parmi le shuit objectifs du millénaire pour le développement. L'accès à l'énergie est essentiel au développement dans la réalisation de cet objectif mais lamenace du changement climatique vient compliquer l'équation. Toute augmentation de la production d'énergie va de pair avec une augmentation desémissions de CO2.
En tant que principaux émetteurs de CO2, les pays du Nord ont la responsabilité morale d'aider les pays en développement à promouvoir desénergies propres ou sobres en carbone.
À Madagascar, la ... continua

The expertise of SMEs and universities for the efficietn airports of tomorrow.
In many European companies people in their 50s like Pasi and Rita don't have a very good image. Too expensive, not flexible enough, they are pushed towards early retirement. In Finland, it's the opposite. Older workers are valued, because the baby boom generation is ten years ahead of the rest of the European Union. Born just after the War, Finnish baby boomers are apporaching retirement, but the reinforcements aren't there yet. As a result, Finland adapting and developing programmes to ... continua

If we want a competitive Europe that creates jobs, then people and goods have to be able to move around easily and quickly, and without harming the environment.That is the aim of the trans-European transport network, a huge continental-scale programme that will interconnect the national transport infrastructures to create a genuine trans-European network.
Clip 1: The trans-European transport network TEN-TClip 2: High-speed rail axis in the southwest of EuropeClip 3: Lyon-Budapest priority rail axisClip 4: Paris-Bratislava priority rail axisClip 5: Warsaw-Helsinki ... continua

The report was filmed partially in Spain, on the site of the Ardystil tragedy, where six workers died and another 80 were disabled in 1992 as a result of the spraying of chemical products. The film presents the guidelines of the REACH Regulation and shows the efforts of the textile industry to apply the substitution principle and to keep dangerous products out of fabric used for clothing. Visit the site: www.mostra.com Download subtitles:

The oceans are home to 90% of life on earth, which is why it is essential to study their functions. That is precisely the aim of the HERMES project (Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas) initiated under the Sixth European Research Framework Programme. One of the subjects being explored by HERMES is mud volcanoes, and more specifically underwater mud volcanoes.
Mud volcanoes are cone-shaped formations of sediment, of variable size. They are composed of a mixture of fluids (generally water and gases) and mud (undercompacted clay), which flow from ... continua