Greening the urban fabric Safe streets, well maintained open spaces, buildings and preserved cultural heritage all contribute to local and social sustainable development. The use of innovation to ensure clean production and consumption Making more efficient use of environmental resources is one of the keys to raising productivity and competitiveness. It is what creates and saves jobs. With public pressure for environmental protection mounting the cost of harming the environment will rise. Reducing environmental costs will become a substantial component of raising overall productivity.
Innovation is key to greater efficiency.
In other words, innovation will be the key to securing jobs from clean technologies and production systems.