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Despite the progress in some areas, Europe continues to face important environmental challenges, but also opportunities to make the environment more resistant to risk and change. Protecting natural capital by encouraging efficient use of resources and accelerate the transition to low carbon economy are key features of the Seventh Environment Action Programme. The results should help to boost sustainable growth and create new jobs to turn into a European space that is comfortable for its inhabitants. Achieving effectively environmental policy objectives implies and requires substantiation, development and implementation of tools and programs to stimulate the society concerns to prevent or limit environmental imbalances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European environmental policy has developed substantially, from a group of measures (rather technical) in the creation of sustainable development strategies argued on the fact that economic, social inclusion and environmental protection are interdependent. European environmental policy reflects the outcome of the decision set by the European treaties and is implemented through the Community institutions acting on the principle of subsidiarity, supporting in their actions on a broad collaboration with national governments and other actors involved in the implementation of environmental policy and ensuring combating the negative effects of various actions on the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]