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The chemical industry: the roots for sustainable growth in Europe

The Belgian EU Presidency has chosen the chemical industry as the theme for a top conference in Antwerp, showing that the strategic importance of our sector is also recognized at a high political level.
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Key enabling technologies: a top priority for the European chemical industry

Through the High Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies, the chemical industry will call on EU decision-makers to scrutinise the current innovation policy framework and develop a streamlined approach to allow quicker exploitation of innovations from the chemical industry into the market.
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Cefic issues report on measuring and managing carbon emissions in chemical transport

Carbon emissions from passenger and freight transport - currently responsible for the generation of one fifth of total EU GHG emissions - keep growing and this growth is offsetting progress made in other areas. A new report, prepared for Cefic by Professor Alan McKinnon (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh), aims to provide a better understanding of how to measure and evaluate transport carbon emissions and how emissions could be reduced in chemical transport operations (download here).
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-30% ? Europe needs all its energy to face crisis and climate challenges

The crisis is not reducing competitive pressures: EU stakeholders have to bear that in mind. New greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals of -30% by 2020 can only make sense if framed in an international agreement and based on Europe’s capacity to turn inventions into energy efficient innovations.
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