Emissions, Featured, Global Deal, Politics
UNCCD’s Sergio Zelaya. Passing from Knowledge to Action
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Sergio Zelaya, Coordinator of the Policy Advocacy and Global Issues Unit (PAGI) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Secretariat, answers Karsten Schulz’s questions on the role of social sciences in UNCCD processes, revitalization of the UN body, land management or local governance. KS: How do you perceive the role of the [...]
Business, COP17-Durban, Economics, Energy, Featured, Global Deal
Bankrolling Climate. Groundbreaking Report
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“Until now, little was known about banks’ role and responsibility for global warming. While most large commercial banks provide figures on their annual investments into renewable energy, they neither track nor publish their annual investments into fossil fuel projects. Many banks have made far-reaching statements on climate, but are they putting their money where their [...]
Building Green, Business, Emissions, Featured, Global Deal
Step-by-step to Durban and Beyond
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Only weeks before the Conference of the Parties 17 in Durban, South Africa is set to begin, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, was in Brussels for the Robert Schuman lecture, organized by the Lisbon Council. Ms. Figueres outlined the priorities for the CoP 17 and urged civil society, business, and nations to do [...]
Activism, Ecosystems, Featured, Food, Mountains, Sustainable tourism, Transport
Average Increase in Alpine Temperatures Already Surpassed 2 Centigrade
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Marco Onida, Secretary General of the Alpine Convention, interviewed for 2Celsius Network by Raul Cazan The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention organized from 4th to 12th July 2011 the fifth edition of SuperAlp!, the sustainable crossing of the Alps. For the fifth year SuperAlp! linked different territories, issues and cultures aiming at improving the [...]
Emissions, Featured, Politics, Water
Gödöllő: A Wet Informal Environmental Council
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Laszlo Keki reporting. For two days (24-26 March 2011.) as and inspiring and significant part of the Hungarian Presidency’s programme, Gödöllő Royal Palace was hosting an informal meeting of EU Environment Ministers. Together with Fotis (from Greece) and Raul (from Romania) we visited the Presidency Headquarters in Gödöllö and keeping you posted about all interesting and [...]
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World Environment Organization Backed by 100 Countries
Posted on 31 January 2012
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More than a hundred countries now support a French proposal to create a “World Environment Organization” at the upcoming 20th anniversary conference of the Rio Summit, France’s ecology minister said, quoted by Agence France Presse. “More than 100 countries have now associated themselves with the proposal,” Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said at a conference in Paris aimed [...] Continue Reading
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Solar Decathlon Europe Hosts 2 Eastern European Teams
Posted on 31 January 2012
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Prispa (Romania) and Odoo (Hungary) are the Eastern European representatives at the Solar Decathlon, green building exhibition in Madrid, Spain, this year. The Romanian project has been rather linguistically inspired. In Romanian, “the PRISPA in front of your house is like a magic strip, an intermediary space between the interior and the exterior, which protects [...] Continue Reading
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Economics, Global Deal
UNFCCC: New Online Tool for Climate Resilience and a Little Greenwash
Posted on 31 January 2012
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The secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has launched a new online tool that showcases how businesses and communities can adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change. The new Adaptation Private Sector Initiative database on the web site features climate change adaptation activities pioneered by leading private companies, reads an [...] Continue Reading
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Activism
Bucharest Riots: Romanian Civil Society Has Revendications with Environmental Twists
Posted on 23 January 2012
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Following last week’s violences and constant anti-austerity and anti government protests, over 40 important Romanian NGOs have shaped a programatic document that synthesizes political change at the demonstrations in the University Square in Bucharest’s historical center. “We protest: 1. Against merging of local and national elections, an abuse against democratic principles. 2. Against corruption and [...] Continue Reading
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Aviation, Cap&Trade
Aviation Carbon Fees Free To Go
Posted on 28 December 2011
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The European Court of Justice has dismissed claims by the US that the proposed inclusion of international airlines in the EU carbon trading scheme is illegal. The much anticipated, but largely expected, ruling means that all flights taking-off or landing at EU airports will be included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from January [...] Continue Reading
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COP17-Durban, Emissions, Energy, Global Deal
Canada: Out of Kyoto, Into Tar Sands
Posted on 14 December 2011
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If one wants to make a political link between Canada pulling out of Kyoto and also being the main producer of tar sands, he or she would not be wrong. Currently, Canada is viciously lobbying together with the oil industry to weaken the EU proposal on fuel quality and delete the value for tar sands. [...] Continue Reading
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Same Hero in Durban: Connie
Posted on 12 December 2011
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Speaking on the last day of the talks, the group said moves by some of the poorest and vulnerable nations had changed the landscape of the negotiations. “Six months ago, no-one was talking about a future climate regime, about what should follow the Cancun and Copenhagen agreements,” said Connie Hedegaard EU Commissioner for Climate Action. [...] Continue Reading
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COP17: Weak Deal Saves UN
Posted on 12 December 2011
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The UN climate talks in Durban have been hailed an ‘historic success’ after agreement was reached on Sunday. COP17 looked in trouble just before 2am, after India and China protested at the lack of equity in proposals put forward by the European Union (EU). But a dramatic 15-minute ‘huddle’ in the centre of the plenary [...] Continue Reading
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Role of Women at COP17
Posted on 05 December 2011
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As COP17 moves into its second week, heads of states and ministers join their delegations and the talks intensify, is the voice of women being represented sufficiently in the process? Making up over 50% of the population – and 60% in some of the world’s poorest countries – the effects of climate change are more [...] Continue Reading
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COP17-Durban, Economics, Forests, Global Deal
Japan and Australia, YES to Global Deal. Bolivia, NO to REDD+
Posted on 03 December 2011
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Australia and Japan told delegates in Durban that they support a new legally binding deal, during an edgy meeting at the UN climate change talks yesterday evening. “The role of the forest is not for carbon stocks” said the head of the Bolivian delegation, as REDD+ talk’s progress at COP17. The two countries, which have [...] Continue Reading
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Durban: Where Do the EU and Eastern Europe Stand?
Posted on 03 December 2011
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The EU has declared that it will enter into a second commitment period of the Kyoto agreement, but only if the world’s other nations set down the path toward their own legally binding emission cuts. Speaking at the first EU press briefing in Durban on the eve of the UN climate change talks, the bloc [...] Continue Reading
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US and Japan Block Green Climate Fund
Posted on 03 December 2011
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The US and Japan joined a chorus of objections to the $100bn GCF – Green Climate Fund’s proposed design during a heated session in Durban. Issues over the use of private sector money and controversial fundraising mechanisms such as the financial transaction tax dominated discussions. The US and Japan has stated categorically that they do [...] Continue Reading
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COP17-Durban, Politics
COP18 To Be Held in Qatar
Posted on 03 December 2011
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The State of Qatar and the Republic of Korea have agreed to closely cooperate to make the next major UN Climate Change Conference at the end of 2012 a success. The 2012 UN Climate Change Conference, COP 18/CMP 8 (the 18th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC, plus the 8th session of the Conference of [...] Continue Reading
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Poland, a Developing Nation Leading the EU in Durban
Posted on 03 December 2011
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(REUTERS) Holder of the rotating EU presidency, Poland has been criticized for its environmental stance within the EU, which is seeking to lead the push for a new global pact to curb climate change. Many have asked whether it is the right country to represent the EU in Durban, regarded as make-or-break for the Kyoto [...] Continue Reading
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Cap&Trade, COP17-Durban, Emissions, Global Deal
“Save tomorrow today!” Durban talks kick-off
Posted on 28 November 2011
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Against a background of record greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, more frequent and intense extreme weather events, but also growing momentum for action to fight climate change, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (28 November to 9 December) kicked off today. At the start of the conference, South African President Jacob Zuma pointed [...] Continue Reading
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Belgian Report Shows Effect of Climate Change
Posted on 19 November 2011
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The Flemish Ministry for Environment, the regional authority for the Northern part of Belgium, has released a report which shows dramatic temperature increases in the last 180 years. The report bases itself on the recently released Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation by the Intergovernmental [...] Continue Reading
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Emissions, Global Deal, Politics
Building a Coalition of the Willing in Durban
Posted on 17 November 2011
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One of the main issues at the Conference of the Parties 17 in Durban, South Africa, will be negotiating a successor to the Kyoto Protocol which is set to expire in 2012. The European Union is looking to push for a new commitment period under the Protocol, which is being blocked by Japan, Canada and [...] Continue Reading
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Transport, Urban
Vilnius’ Mayor, Arturas Zuokas. Electric Wheels in the Air
Posted on 13 November 2011
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Vilnius, a fantastically well-preserved mix of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, classical and contemporary architecture, is enchanting the eye of the visitor. And the lungs as well. While documenting for a short climate change related article it bounced as a surprise that the Lithuanian capital enjoys the cleanest air in urban agglomerations in Europe. The answer to [...] Continue Reading
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