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This study places the European Union in a global perspective for 2050 of producing food for a population of nine billion, while minimising biodiversity loss; mitigating climate change while enhancing energy security; and developing a low-carbon EU transport system. Reasoning back from 2050, specific strategic actions are identified for the EU, for the coming five to ten years.
The new European Commission faces enormous challenges: climate policy, energy supply, and reform of agricultural policies, all require a long-term vision, resolve and global leadership.
The combination of climate policy, construction of the power grid of the future, and nature protection, constitute a challenging project that offers the possibility to show what European collaboration can really achieve.
It requires specific initiatives, to be taken during the term of the new European Commission, to ensure that targets for land resources, energy and climate will become attainable. These are the recommendations of ‘Getting into the Right Lane for 2050’, by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
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