View source for Interests of lesser developed member states and the cost of subsidizing their practices

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'''Description'''<br> The lesser developed members of the European Union do not have the technical capabilities or the financial resources to work with clean and green technology. Europe uses more than 20% of the biosphere's services to serve 7% of the worlds population (Europe's Ecological footprint, Joel Makower, 2005). While the lesser developed countries try to grow through industrialization the onus is on the European commission to ensure that the member units adopt cleaner and greener technology. But, finance being a constraint the member nations would look forward for the EU to subsidize its costs of financing sustainable projects.

'''Enablers'''<br> The fact that it is in the best interests of the member states to move towards sustainable processes, they would collaborate with the EU in competing with other states to get their projects approved and funded by the EU. This would lead to a healthy competition and a positive impact towards achieving the goal of leaving a greener carbon footprint.

'''Inhibitors'''<br> Something that is a priority for member state may not be a priority for EU, this could lead to lot of political ramifications and negotiation to keep member states satisfied. Another inhibitor would be the focus of EU. Researchers from Lithuania had in 2007 investigated the role of public financial support primarily under the EU cohesion policy. Their observation was that most of the sustainable projects approved in the energy sector pertaining to the energy sector and related to smaller states did not have much information wherein the benefits of the projects to the larger society can be ascertained. They felt that the projects focused more on Energy Efficiency(EE)rather than focusing on Renewable Energy Sources(RES).(source: Science for environmental policy, European Commission, europa.eu)

'''Paradigms'''<br> EU's experience with its smaller member states would be an important learning for it in terms of its dealing with the developing nations on the said subject.