Ann Mettler, directora ejecutiva de Lisbon Council, un centro de análisis de referencia en Bruselas, afirma que "el modelo social europeo funciona mejor, ha incorporado a muchas mujeres y proporciona más bienestar a las personas". Pero advierte de que "tiene un problema de sostenibilidad debido al envejecimiento, por lo que precisará la integración adecuada de inmigrantes".

Since 2004, European consumers have been paying a 'shadow carbon price' of approximately €85 per tonne of CO2 in the form of higher taxes on vehicle fuels, for example, but the higher prices have had little impact on consumer behaviour, Birol told an audience during a lecture organised by the Lisbon Council, a think tank.

"What we need is a key technology, which is carbon capture and storage," Birol told a briefing with Brussels think-tank the Lisbon Council.
"This is a key technology that can take us to the 2 degrees if it is pushed appropriately, at the appropriate time and appropriate conditions," he said.

The solution is to capture the emissions and pump them underground before they reach the atmosphere, according to Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency. Speaking Thursday at the Lisbon Council in Brussels, Birol said so-called Carbon Capture and Sequestration was the key solution if “coal stays the backbone of our energy systems.”

Says Ann Mettler, executive director and founder of the Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based think tank: "The sectors where you see a lot of innovation are the sectors where you see a lot of competition."

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El estudio, elaborado sobre las 14 mayores economías europeas por Allianz Dresdner para The Lisbon Council, un acreditado think tank independiente, sitúa a Finlandia como ganador absoluto, seguido de Irlanda y Dinamarca. España, con la misma puntuación que Holanda, supera a Bélgica, Francia, Austria e Italia. La investigadora Claudia Broker, que ha trabajado en el estudio, ve significativa "la posición de España por delante de otras grandes economías europeas".

Do takiego wniosku doszli analitycy z brukselskiego instytutu Lisbon Council, którzy we wtorek opublikują raport na temat wzrostu gospodarczego i miejsc pracy w UE. "Mimo defetyzmu sianego od dekady przez cyników strategia lizbońska działa" - ocenili.