Decoupling growth from resource use a priority, says Environment Commissioner

Environment Commissioner Janez Potoènik told an audience at Green Week that Europe would have to tackle the issue of decoupling growth from resource use. A report of the International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management identified the agricultural and energy sectors as having the greatest environmental impact, and being the most crucial to reform. The European Commission is already considering introducing an EU carbon tax on energy consumption as part of a revision of the energy taxation directive.

The report can be found here:
http://www.unep.fr/shared/publications/pdf/WEBx0159xPA-PriorityProductsAndMaterials_Summary_EN.pdf