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What role does the secondary sector play in the EU What role does the…
What role does the secondary sector play in the EU What role does the secondary sector play in the EU?
Why is industry so impprtant in the EU
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In 19980 and 90, industrial restructuring and recolation moved most industrial activities.
Eliminated many jobs, and reduced the economy, with tertiary sector.
However, European industry continues to have innovate:
1 Hight-technology and added-value products
2 Medium-higt technology
What happened to European industry in the 1980s and 90s
With major challenges ahead
Energy dependency
as Europe has no natural gas and oil
Industrial relocation
Which has has resulted in the continent's industry losing importance and the need for reforms to ncrease innovation and productivity.
Environment challenges
That include decarbonistation
What are the main problems facing the secondary sector
Towards a cleaner industry
In 2015, the EU has launched a plan to descarbonise the energy supply by 2015.
The aim is to reduce GHG (Greenhouse Gas Protocol) emissions from 1990 levels by 40% by 2030 and at least 80% by 2050.
EU wants to:
-Achieve clean mobility
-ensure that renwables account for half the energy consumed by 2050.
-Improve energy efficiency, by, for instance, better insulation buildings
Where is industry located in Europe?
Between the UK and Northern Italy
Many of Europe's traditional coal and steel industries, along with the metal and textile industries.
The main hub of industry in Europe
Is:
Southern Germany
western
What is the "Blue Banana"
GDP measures a contry's economic activity and reflects the value of the goods and services a country prodeces in a certain period of time.
GDP per capita in purchasing power standard (PPS) is expressed in a relation to the EU average, wich is 100.