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5. The Green Paper rightly exposes the importance of integrating adaptation criteria into all public policies. CEMR would like to stress the need to improve the coherence of EU policy in terms of mitigation. For instance, some policies aim to promote sustainable transport and energy savings, while others encourage the construction of motorways and the consumption of energy. Climate change is a challenge that requires EU and national authorities to truly integrate mitigation and adaptation requirements together into their public policies.
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