This paper shows EU and UK new enivironmental policy. First, the new Environment Action Programme provides the environmental component of the Community's strategy for sustainable development. The new Programme entitled Environment 2010: Our Future, Our Choice takes a wide-ranging approach to these challenges and gives a strategic direction to the Commission's environmental policy over the next decade, as the Community prepares to expand its boundaries.
In 1999, the UK Government published “A better quality of life”, a strategy for sustainable development for the UK. At the heart of sustainable development is the simple idea of ensuring a better quality of life for everyone, now and for generations to come. Progress towards sustainable development will be measured by a system of indicators. Headline indicators identify the key issues relating to quality of life