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The working languages of the Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO-CFDD) are Dutch and French. All the FRDO-CFDD publications exist in these languages. Only a few documents are available in English, as PDF files. These English documents are also most of the time summaries of the original documents.

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A selection of 2011 publications

Opinion on Rio+20, 23 September 2011
UNCSD: Rio 20plus, 24 June 2011
Opinion on animal and plant proteins, 3 February 2011

A selection of 2010 publications

Opinion on the draft waste plan of the Belgian Agency for Radioactive Waste and Enriched Fissile Materials (ONDRAF/NIRAS) and on its strategic environmental assessment report, 24 September 2010
Sustainable Land Use – A Central Challenge for Society, 24 September 2010
Recommendations for the sustainable development policy of the new federal government, 25 June 2010
Opinion on a sustainable food system, 26 March 2010
Opinion on the CO2 price signal, 26 March 2010

A selection of 2009 publications

Opinion on the project of federal plan product policy, February 5th 2009
Opinion on federal actions in the combat against air pollution, February 5th 2009
Opinion on the project of the national climate plan for Belgium, February 5th 2009
Opinion for the preparation on the Belgian EU presidency in 2010, March 27th 2009
Opinion on the federal governments recovery policy, March 27th 2009
Opinion on the NEHAP (National Environmental Health Action Plan), March 27th 2009 (French original and Dutch only)
Opinion on the development cooperation policy note the right on health and healthcare, March 27th 2009 (Dutch original and French only)
Opinion on the 15th report of the IPCC, March 27th 2009
Opinion on tax reductions for energy-saving investments in homes, 25 September 2009
Opinion on greening taxation in the framework of sustainable development, 27 November 2009
Opinion on the Copenhagen climate summit, 27 November 2009

A selection of 2008 publications

Opinion biomass (full version), July 4th 2008
Opinion on the third preliminary federal plan for SD, July 4th 2008
Opinion on the project of federal plan for sustainable public procurement, December 18th 2008 (Dutch original and French only)
Opinion on the project of federal plan for the integration of biodiversity in to 4 federal key sectors, December 18th 2008 (Dutch original and French only)

A selection of 2007 publications

National reform programme and Lisbon (summary), September 4th 2007.
Decoupling economic growth and natural ressources use and environmental pressure: the case of mobility, June 2007.

A selection of 2006 publications

Opinion on the premiminary draft action plan for CSR (summary), September 22nd 2006
Second opinion on the review of the EUSDS (summary), April 26th 2006
Opinion on the Belgian National Biodiversity Strategy (summary), Februari 24th 2006
Opinion on the EU Themaitic Strategy on natural resources (summary), Februari 1st 2006

A selection of 2005 publications

Opinion on the effects in Belgium of climate change - particularly heat waves, floods and ozone pollution – on health, December 16th 2005
Third opinion on a strategy for the prevention of climate change beyond 2012: Belgian policy in the European framework, November 25th 2005
Opinion on the national reform program for transposition of Integrated guidelines for growth and Jobs 2005 – 2008, August 31st 2005
Opinion for the preparation of the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, July 8th 2005
Opinion on the annual assessment of the federal policy for sustainable development, February 3th 2005
Survey on the societal foundations of sustainable development in Belgium - conclusions, September 2005

A selection of 2004 publications

Opinion on a strategy for the prevention of climate change after 2012, November 26th 2004
Opinion on the proposal for a European Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services, October 29th 2004
Opinion on the European Sustainable Development Strategy Review, October 29th 2004
Opinion concerning a draft of a Royal Decree on the subject of names and characteristics of bio-fuels for motorised vehicles and mobile machines not designed for use on public roads, June 9th 2004
Opinion on the policy note by Minister Verwilghen "Putting business to work to combat poverty and favour development", Mai 12th 2004
Advice on the Preliminary Draft of the federal plan for sustainable development 2004-2008, Mai 12th 2004
Opinion on the assessment of local projects for sustainable development, Mai 12th 2004
Framework opinion on making mobility compatible with sustainable development, February 19th 2004
Opinion on the participatory development of a Sustainable Development Scoreboard for Belgium, February 19th 2004

A selection of 2003 publications

A selection of 2002 publications

Study on the existence of a social foundation for sustainable development: final report, general conclusions, June 2002
Second advice for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 18 June 2002
Advice for the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, 16 April 2002
Opinion on sustainable development indicators, 18 June 2002

A selection of 2001 publications

Advice on the European Commission's White Paper on the Strategy for a future Chemicals policy, 22 May 2001
Advice on the European Commission's Green Paper on Integrated Product Policy, 22 May 2001
Advice on the European Union strategy for sustainable development, 24 April 2001

A selection of 2000 publications

A selection of 1999 publications

Summary of the Advice on Taxation within the Framework of Climate Change Policy, 19 October 1999
Summary of the Advice on the Flexibility Mechanisms in the Kyoto Protocol, 19 October 1999
Summary of the Advice on the implementation in Belgium of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 23 February 1999

A selection of 1998 publications

Advice on the Guidelines for Consumer Protection of the Commision for Sustainable Development, 4 December 1998
Advice on the Implementation in Belgium of the Kyoto Protocol to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 28 September 1998

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