On 21 September 2005 the European Commission approved its detailed   
plans for implementing the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).   
Provisional versions of the four main Specific Programmes, “Cooperation”,   
“Ideas”, “People” and “Capacities”, each corresponding to a major objective   
of European research policy, are available at:  
  
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fut ...  
  
Technologies for managing resources or treating pollution more efficiently,   
in relation to water, soil, air, sea and other natural resources, or waste, are   
mentioned as one of the main targets of the environmental research.