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Free online access to inaugural volume of Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research
Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research is new to Taylor & Francis for 2009. View the inaugral volume free online(http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t780786795~db=all)!Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research publishes original policy-oriented papers addressing a broad range of natural resource fields including water, minerals, energy, fisheries, and forestry in a ...
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Conference on China and Climate Change
The European External Action Service (EEAS) will host an international expert roundtable conference on the topic of “Engaging China on Climate Change: Crossroads of 21st-century Foreign Policy” on 2 February 2011 in Brussels. Participants will include the EU institutions and its Member States, leading experts on China and climate change. The roundtable is co-organised with the ...
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New director Hans Bruyninckx starts work at the EEA
Belgian Hans Bruyninckx has taken office as Executive Director at the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen. Before coming to the EEA, Dr Bruyninckx worked at Leuven University for several years. He was the General Director at the HIVA Research Institute, which specialises in policy research. He has lectured on environmental policy, sustainable development, European politics and ...
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Baltic Sea environment visualized during EU Commission forum
What causes eutrophication in the Baltic Sea? What are the future scenarios for the ocean? Ocean environment issues will be illustrated in a visualization dome theatre during EU Commission forum in Gdansk, October 24-26th. The eutrophication of the Baltic Sea could be affected by climate change. In any decision concerning the environment, it is therefore increasingly important to consider the ...
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Global Survey Names C2ES the World’s Top Environmental Think Tank
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) was named the world’s top environmental think tank in a global survey of top public policy research institutes. The University of Pennsylvania’s 2011 Global Go-To Think Tank Rankings are based on a survey of more than 1,500 policymakers, scholars, journalists, think-tank executives and others worldwide. The survey assessed more than ...
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MIT analysis shows how cap-and-trade plans can cut greenhouse emissions
Researchers at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research have produced a report concerning key design issues of proposed 'cap-and-trade' programs that are under consideration in the United States as a way of curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The first contribution of the three-part study found that, based on an examination of the European Union's system and of similar U.S. ...
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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development Call For Papers
Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA Water Science & Technology Water Science and Technology: Water Supply Journal of Water and Health Water Intelligence Online Water Policy Hydrology Research (formerly Nordic Hydrology) Water Practice and Technology Journal of Water and Climate Change (NEW for 2010) Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development (NEW for 2011) ...
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Study: People rank global warming lower than local environmental issues
The US public, while aware of the deteriorating global environment, is concerned predominantly with local and national environmental issues, according to results from a recent survey. 'The survey's core result is that people care about their communities and express the desire to see government action taken toward local and national issues,' said David Konisky, a policy research scholar with the ...
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Rainfall`s link to carbon emissions quantified
Two studies published in Nature this week have demonstrated a direct link between rising greenhouse gas levels and severe rainfall events. Scientists compared rainfall predictions from eight climate models with data from weather stations around the Northern Hemisphere. Gabriele Hegerl, a climate researcher at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, told NatureNews: "We can now say with ...
By SciDev.Net
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WRI welcomes Andrew Steer as new president
WRI just announced that Andrew Steer will be our new president. Andrew is currently the Special Envoy for Climate Change at the World Bank, and he’s a well-known figure in the international environment and development community. Just the third president in WRI’s 30 year history, Andrew brings a breadth of international experience to the table, as well as a deep commitment to our ...
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IAIA November news
1. IAIA18 updates IAIA18, “Environmental Justice in Societies in Transition,” will be held 16-19 May 2018 in Durban, South Africa. For more information, visit the conference web site. #iaia18 Paper and poster abstracts are due 20 November! Please review the submission guidelines and policies and then submit your proposal. Submissions will be closing on 20 November at 23:59 ...
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Adapting to climate change in the Baltic Sea Region
The first step has now been taken towards a common climate change adaptation strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The large-scale EU project Baltadapt, where SMHI is one of the partners, is mainly focused on how the sea and coastal areas can be adapted to a change in climate. A warmer climate with more precipitation and a rise in sea level will affect the ecosystem and increase risks linked with ...
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Superfund cleanups don`t seem to be worth the cost, according to MIT study
The cost of the federal Superfund program isn't bringing financial returns to homeowners living near the cleaned-up toxic sites, according to new research by Michael Greenstone, the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics at MIT. In a paper to be published in the August issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Greenstone and a colleague analyzed housing markets affected by Superfund, a ...
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Drought warning system being developed in South Africa
The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute is developing a new drought warning system for parts of South Africa. The recently started project is focusing on producing forecasts and recommendations so as to better manage times of strain. The work is being done in close co-operation with local players. Like many other countries, South Africa is periodically severely affected by drought, ...
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ClimateCHECK and Pembina Institute establish cooperative agreement
ClimateCHECK and the Pembina Institute are pleased to announce they have entered a cooperative agreement for providing advisory and verification services for greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and GHG projects that reduce emissions to mitigate climate change. “Both Pembina and ClimateCHECK have aligned interests in ensuring the highest level of environmental integrity when it comes to ...
By ClimateCHECK
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Climate change cap must be lowered, warns expert
World leaders must reduce the long-held target of limiting global warming to below two degrees Celsius to avoid catastrophic impacts on the world’s poorest people, says a leading climate scientist. Industrialised nations must stop ignoring the sustained calls from the developing world — backed by scientists — and set a 1.5 degree cap when the internationally agreed limit comes ...
By SciDev.Net
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Leaked ‘Iluc’ studies make it hard for EU not to act
Commission studies that have been leaked to the Reuters news agency show that the indirect land-use change caused by biofuels production is significant and feedstock-specific, and that biodiesel is likely to be worse for the climate than fossil fuels. The Commission is currently evaluating indirect land-use change (Iluc), and has postponed a proposal on how to cope with this issue to ...
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WRI welcomes Andrew Steer as New President
Today, WRI welcomes its new president Dr. Andrew Steer. Steer is a visionary and dynamic leader who has brings a wealth of international experience to the institute. He becomes just the third president in WRI’s 30-year history. On taking the helm of WRI, Steer said: “Never has it been more important to understand the links between resources – water, soil, atmosphere, climate, ...
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TERI Signs MoU With the Global Green Growth Institute for Green Growth and Development in India
The GGGI-TERI Initiative is an Innovative Transdisciplinary Research Framework That Will Help in Understanding and Distilling Key Issues Related to Green Growth and Development in India and for the States of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh In a major announcement, TERI in association with The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed an MoU for Green Growth and Development on the concluding day ...
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Agreement on Climate Change: we need a Social and industrial strategy
One of the main topics that will appear on the agenda for the European Council on 29 and 30 October will be the funding of climate measures with an eye to the Copenhagen Summit. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) believes that climate change can and must serve as a driver for sustainable growth and social progress. As ETUC Confederal Secretary Joël Decaillon puts it: ’ The decisions ...
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