Abstract

Europe's regions are closest to the final energy consumer and therefore most able to co-ordinate strategies to meet specific policy demands and objectives. That is why they have a crucial role to play in reducing CO2, especially by promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. For such a strategy to be successful, regional energy action plans must define concrete goals, clear-cut measures and a firm time-table for implementation.

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Panel 1: Policy (incentives, normative measures, policy mixes to achive CO_2 reduction)

Panel 2: Technologies and Products (innovation, marketing, market transformation)

Panel 4: Environmental Perspective (externalities and life cycle approaches, local and global impacts and incentatives)

Panel 3: Dynamics of Consumption (social and cultural perspectives, actors and their interactions)

Panel 5: Land use,Transportation and infrastructure (urban and regional planning, approaches to change in well entrenched systems)