2011: the year ahead

1st February 2011


the environmentalist asks policymakers, regulators and business leaders what the main issues facing practitioners will be over the next 12 months.

Janez Potocnik European commissioner for environment I see three main challenges ahead, each as important as the others. The first relates to resource efficiency, a key part of Europe 2020, the

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