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The discussion on climate policy is still quite open, and many issues remain unsolved. Previous chapters have shown many advances and new useful results. However, the debate that took place during the Second EFIEA Policy Workshop on ‘Integrating Climate Policies in the European Environment’,1 where the above chapters have been circulated and discussed, is far richer than the results that they contain.2 This is why we would like to summarize in this concluding chapter the many ideas, proposals, doubts, conflicting and consensus views that were debated during the conference, that were discussed within the panel sessions, that are contained in the many papers that have been prepared for the conference, and of which only a small part is gathered in this book.
This report summarizes the main ideas, proposals, scientific achievements, consensus and conflicting issues that emerged at the Second EFIEA Policy Workshop, held at Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Palazzo delle Stelline, Corso Magenta 63, Milan, Italy, March 4–6,1999. EFIEA, the European Forum for Integrated Environmental Assessment, is a concerted action funded by the Environment and Climate Programme of the European Commission, Directorate-General XII (contract no. ENV4-CT97–0450). The two main objectives of the EFIEA are: (i) to improve the scientific quality of integrated environmental assessment; (ii) to strengthen the interaction between environmental science and policy making. In addition, the EFIEA fosters cooperation between scientists and decision makers inside the European Union, communication and cooperation outside the EU, and training of IEA techniques. The Second EFIEA Policy Workshop was devoted to improving communication and stimulate co-operation between different stakeholders, policy makers and scientists on the most relevant climate policy issues. The Authors of this report are grateful to Pier Vellinga and Richard Toi for many helpful suggestions and remarks. They have, however, the sole responsibility for the opinions expressed in the report and for any misrepresentation of some participants’ opinion.
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Carraro, C., Goria, A. (2000). Integrating Climate Policies in the European Environment: A Policy Report. In: Carraro, C. (eds) Efficiency and Equity of Climate Change Policy. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) Series on Economics, Energy and Environment, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9484-4_16
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