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Desirable Tourism: Capitalising on Opportunities in the Living Environment – advisory report

6 September 2019 - On 6 September 2019 the Council (Rli) published its advisory report Desirable Tourism: Capitalising on Opportunities in the Living Environment

European Agricultural Policy: Working Towards Circular Agriculture - advisory report

22 May 2019 - On 22 May 2019 the Council for Environment and Infrastructure published its advisory report ‘European Agricultural Policy: Working Towards Circular Agriculture’.

Rli commences advisory process on ‘Handling hazardous substances safely in the living environment'

2 May 2019 - The Rli has commenced the advisory process concerning Handling hazardous substances safely in the living environment'

Aviation Policy: A New Approach Path – advisory report

18 April 2019 - On 18 April 2019 the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) published its advisory report Aviation Policy: A New Approach Path.

The Sum of the Parts: Converging national and regional challenges’ - survey

26 March 2019 - On 26 March 2019 the Council (Rli) published ‘The Sum of the Parts: Converging national and regional challenges’

Work Programme 2019-2020 has been announced

31 January 2019 - On 19 December 2018, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, also acting on behalf of the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management and the Ministers of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and Agriculture, Nature and Food Policy, submitted the Work Programme 2019-2020 of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure to the House of Representatives.

The Rli is advising on aviation policy

24 January 2019 - The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management is working on the Aviation Memorandum and has asked the Council for advice. The Council concludes that the worldwide continuing growth of aviation, the climate objectives and the quality of the living environment are at odds with one another. That conflict demands a new approach to aviation policy.

Energy transition in the built environment - advisory report Rli

13 December 2018 - Every building in the Netherlands should be heated from sustainable sources by 2050. The path to that outcome is still very uncertain: the respective responsibilities of the government and citizens, the allocation of costs and the extent to which citizens will be able to choose how they heat their own homes in future. These uncertainties have a negative effect on public support for the energy transition, the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) concludes in an advisory report titled ‘Warmly recommended: Towards a Low-CO2 Heat Supply in the Built Environment’, which was presented to Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Kajsa Ollongren on 13 December 2018.

Now online: The 25th EEAC Annual Conference Magazine

30 November 2017 - The EEAC Network celebrated its 25th Annual Conference in Maastricht, the Netherlands, with an extraordinary event entitled ‘Towards the 2030 Agenda and beyond: European cooperation within a new citizens–science–policy interface’. The members of the EEAC board are very pleased to present the conference magazine. The magazine accompanies you on a journey through the conference day and includes articles, interviews, a column, videos and photo impressions.

New science-policy interface needed to drive forward the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

16 October 2017 - On 12 October 2017 the 25th Annual Conference of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC) took place in Maastricht, The Netherlands: Towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and beyond: European cooperation within a new citizens–science–policy interface.