Māris kļaviņŠ, azamat azizov, JĀnis zaļoksnis environment, pollution, development: the case of uzbekistan

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General Objectives of DG Environment
In the current crisis, part of our economic activity is coming 
from the stimulus to demand. But we cannot rely forever on a short-
term stimulus. New sources of growth will have to take up the baton – 
sources of growth that are sustainable. Sustainability means keeping up 
the pace of reform, targeting our skills and technology on tomorrow’s 
competitiveness and tomorrow’s markets; moderni sing to keep up with 
social change; and ensuring that our economy can respect the need to 
protect the European environment, its countryside, its maritime zones, 
and its biodiversity.
José Manuel Barroso, September 2009
Political guidelines for the next Commission
Environ ment policy is a fundamental pillar in ensuring green 
growth in the EU and the shift to a low carbon and resource efficient 
economy. To serve this purpose these are the general objectives of 
DG  Environ ment:
 
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to contribute to a high level of quality of life and well-being 
for citizens, by aiming to secure an environment where the 
level of pollution does not give rise to harmful effects either 
on human health or on the environment and by supporting 
the  Development  of  a  greener  and  more  resource  efficient 
economy;
 
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to ensure a high level of environmental pro tec tion by pro mot-
ing measures at international level to deal with regional or 
worldwide  en viron mental  problems;
 
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to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the 
environment by promoting and support ing the imple men ta-
tion of environmental legislation and the integration of en-
viron mental protection requirements into the definition and 
implementation of other EU policies and activities, with a 
view to pro moting sustainable Development.
The  Sixth  Environ ment  Action  Programme  of  the  European 
Community (2002-2012) takes a broad look at the environ mental 
challenges and provides a strategic framework for the Commission’s 
environ mental policy up to 2012. Every year the Directorate General 
makes public its priorities for the upcoming year and also publishes 
a yearly report on the preceding year’s policy initiatives.