EU environmental policy in the period between 2008 and 2021

V zaključnem delu bom naredila pregled glavnih ukrepov v zakonodaji, ki jih je EU sprejela na področju okoljske politike v obdobju med prvim in drugim slovenskim predsedovanjem Svetu EU. Z naraščajočimi okoljskimi problemi se ne sooča le Evropska unija, pač pa cel svet. Sociološka disciplina v svojem izvornem toku ni zajela razmerja med naravo in družbo, ravno zaradi vse hujših in nevarnejših posledic, ki jih ima človek na okolje, pa se strokovnjaki usmerjajo tudi na to področje. Pomembno vlogo v boju proti podnebnim spremembam in varovanju okolja ima zakonodaja, ki države po vsem svetu zavezuje k doslednem izpolnjevanju ter uresničevanju njenih ciljev. S skupno okoljsko politiko lahko države zastavijo pravila in določila, ki so v skladu z ustvarjanjem boljše prihodnosti in varovanjem okolja ter si kolektivno prizadevajo za izboljšanje situacije, v kateri smo se znašli, oz. v katero smo sami sebe pripeljali. Za temeljite spremembe je potrebna skupna akcija, k čemur stremi tudi Evropska unija. Danes skupnost 28 držav članic postavlja vzor drugim svetovnim akterjem in se predstavlja kot gonilna sila pri snovanju okolju prijazne politike.My final thesis paper will be an overview of the main legislative measures adopted by the EU in the field of environmental policy in the period between the first and second Slovenian presidency of the Council of the EU. The growing environmental problems are not only an issue that the EU is facing, but the whole world as well. In its original field, sociology did not include the relationship between nature and society. However, precisely because of the increasingly worse and dangerous consequences that humans have on the environment, experts are now also starting to focus their attention on this area. Legislation plays an important role in the fight against climate change and in protecting the environment, and it binds the countries across the globe to consistently meet and realize its goals. Common environmental policy enables countries to set rules and regulations that are in line with creating a better future and protecting the environment, and collectively strive to improve the situation in which we find ourselves, or into which we have brought ourselves. Joint endeavors are needed for thorough changes, which is what the European Union also strives for. The community of now 28 member states sets an example for other agents and presents itself as a driving force in the creation of environment-friendly policies