The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice . A sustainable development approach calls for environmental effectiveness at the least social and economic costs. In particular, an effective European climate policy needs to take into consideration other priorities of the European Union, such as for instance competitiveness and employment.
Climate change is a global issue, and as such can only be effectively dealt with globally.
Stakeholders' involvement and public participation are of paramount importance to progress on the road to limiting the risks of climate change. They are particularly needed to ensure social acceptability of climate change policies, and to achieve active stakeholders' participation in their implementation. The following recommendations concern four issues that the Forum believes are of utmost importance at the present stage of the international negotiation process, namely ratification, compliance, flexible mechanisms and developing countries. To this end, the EU should endeavour to help the US ratification process. The Forum stresses the importance of the legally binding dimension of the Protocol.