Economics, Ecosystems, Energy, Featured, Mountains
Fragile Majesty in the Mountains of Europe
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by Raul Cazan When we are climbing a mountain, it may witness our behavior with a somewhat remote or mild benevolence. The mountain never fights against us, and it will hold back avalanches as long as it can, but sometimes human stupidity and hubris and a lack of intimate feeling for the environment result in [...]
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 [...]
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Energy, Water
European Groups Refute Shale Gas and Fracking
Posted on 25 April 2012
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A coalition of environmental and health NGOs warned the European Parliament today that hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) of shale gas, shale oil, and coal bed methane represent an dangerous experiment on the environment and human health. The warning comes following a draft report on shale gas published on the 11th of April by MEP Boguslaw Sonik [...] Continue Reading
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Ecosystems, Emissions, Global Deal
IPCC Release: Climate Change Lead To Climate Extremes
Posted on 29 March 2012
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Evidence suggests that climate change has led to changes in climate extremes such as heat waves, record high temperatures and, in many regions, heavy precipitation in the past half century, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said. Climate extremes, or even a series of non-extreme events, in combination with social vulnerabilities and exposure to risks [...] Continue Reading
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Economics, Transport
EU Starts Reviewing Anti-Dumping Measures on Bike Import from China
Posted on 13 March 2012
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In the Official Journal of the European Union dated March 9, 2012 the European Commission announces that it has decided on its own initiative to initiate an interim review investigation of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of bicycles originating in the People’s Republic of China. (BikeEurope) In the Official Journal publication the European Comission [...] Continue Reading
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Cap&Trade, Emissions, Food, Forests
EU Rules for “agro-emissions”
Posted on 13 March 2012
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Agriculture and forestry will part-take EU’s climate policies and emission reduction process, according to a proposal issued by the Directorate General for Climate Action. The proposed new rules will be submitted to the European Parliament and the European Council, together with an obligation for member states to adopt action plans for greener forestry, soil and [...] Continue Reading
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Water
UN: Water Strained by Climate Change
Posted on 13 March 2012
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The world’s water supply is being strained by climate change and the growing food, energy and sanitary needs of a fast-growing population, according to a United Nations study that calls for a radical rethink of policies to manage competing claims. “Freshwater is not being used sustainably,” UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement. “Accurate [...] Continue Reading
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Aviation
Airlines’ Fight Against $2 Increase in Flight Fares
Posted on 21 February 2012
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In spite of their opposition, airlines will profit from the European Union’s program to charge for carbon emissions by charging passengers for the costs in higher fares, according to a report released by Climate Advisers. The report from Climate Advisers, a consulting group that helps companies deal with climate policies, and the Center for American [...] Continue Reading
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Economics, Ecosystems
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
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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Economics
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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COP17-Durban, Global Deal
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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COP17-Durban, Global Deal
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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