Research: CSS - How Can the European Union Set an Example for the World.pdf
Time: 01/2021
By: Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
In October 2020, the European Commission published the “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.” The Strategy sets up a new long term vision for chemicals policy in the European Union (EU), presenting some of the most potentially transformative initiatives of the past 20 years. The Strategy should help to achieve “a toxicfree environment,” as established in the “zero pollution ambition” of the European Green Deal. If properly implemented, the Strategy has the potential to be a game-changer. Currently, it is simply a communication with an indicative action plan that needs to be carried out. Turning these promises into legislative proposals and concrete actions will be a significant challenge and responsibility for the next few years. The implementation of the Strategy will determine whether these initiatives will be remembered as a watershed moment for the EU, or yet another missed opportunity to put people and planet before private financial interests.
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Research CSS How Can the European Union Set an Example for the World