Committee on Environment, Industry & Research

Dear Delegates of the Committee on Environment, Industry & Research,

Let us first of all congratulate you on your place in our committee. From now on you are part of a huge family - also called the "MEP-family". You will meet many people all across Austria and gain plenty of experience.

In order to fully prepare you for your committee work, we wrote down some useful links so you can get a brief overview of the topic and make an opinion of yourself and the province you are representing. Of course you are free to use other sources of information as well in order to get a deeper insight on the issue we are dealing with.

Since writing a resolution is hard work and we will not have too much time during the committee meetings we expect you to:

• - be fully prepared
• - bring a certain amount of motivation with you
• - contribute to the discussions during the meetings
• - prepare materials, that you think could facilitate the work

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at livian.enachescu@theresianum.ac.at and raphael.salti@gmail.com !

Your CP`s Raphael Salzmann & Livian Enachescu

Now to the links:

a short introductory video:
http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I078032&sitelang=en

about sustainable energy:
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Energy-and-Environment/Sustainable-Energy/

Overview various programmes & current situation:
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/index_en.htm

just so you get an overview of the current situation in Europe: http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jun/19/renewable-energy-consumption-eu-targets

an article about energy independence
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a373c75e-7a17-11e4-8958-00144feabdc0.html

targets of the European Commission up to 2050:
http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/brief/eu/index_en.htm