A comprehensive perspective, comparative risk assessment and risk management as well as developing legal instruments, financial mechanisms and incentives are important aspects of environmental research. The 5FP should include a specific humanities and social sciences programme, focused on the European integration process. The principal mode of research should be targeted basic research. A more detailed description of a Swedish proposal in this area is presented in appendix 3 . The EU, with relatively rich and advanced Member states, has a special responsibility to promote research and technology that could be of importance to attack common global problems, which certainly also will affect the Members of the Union.
Important sectors are environment, health, water, energy and food.
The development of vaccines is one among many examples. Another is the study of socio-economic consequences of climate change. It is proposed that a special group within the Commission is established to analyze the needs and possibilities in this context. Other priorities and activities Global disarmament means that the competence developed within the defence industry can increasingly be applied in other areas. This development is also enhanced by convergent requirements on defence and civil systems.