Conference Paper

The Lisbon Treaty will have a considerable impact on the development of policy and law on the environment. Potential damage from transboundary pollution, for example, calls for common EU measures to protectthe environment and for more efficient implementation of the concept of sustainable development as a core EU objective. With the Lisbon Treaty, the EU assumes even greater responsibility for global environmental protection. By the European Union Treaty, environmental policy must be integrated with economic, social, energy, agricultural, transport and other policies. With the Lisbon Treaty, the links between the environmental sphere and the other mentioned spheres will be much stronger.