Environmental policy is crucial for the European Union (EU) to achieve a sustainable future. The EU’s focus on environmental policy and sustainable development depends on everyone understanding complex issues, such as climate change, biodiversity, and renewable energy. By using consistent environmental terminology, all Member States can work together smoothly and set ambitious goals to protect the environment. It also makes the EU more influential in global discussions on this matter. This is one of the top priorities of the EU. Think, for example, of the Green Deal, the Energy Infrastructure Regulation or the EU Solar Energy Strategy.
In the official EuroVoc classification, EU legislation in the field of ENVIRONMENT is divided into three main domains with 15 sub-domains:
environmental policy
- waste management search
- pollution control measures search
- environmental policy search
- environmental protection search
- climate change policy search
- water policy search
natural environment
- geophysical environment search
- wildlife search
- natural resources search
- climate search
- physical environment search
deterioration of the environment
- nuisance search
- pollution search
- waste search
- degradation of the environment
In the 2023-2024 academic year, we will only be working with terms related to these domains. This is one of the top priorities of the EU. Think, for example, of the Green Deal, the Energy Infrastructure Regulation or the EU Solar Energy Strategy.