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Peaceful parks for health and wealth

Quality open city spaces are increasingly recognised as essential in improving local environmental quality, supporting climate change and biodiversity objectives and contributing to better mental and physical health of city residents and workers. They also make our cities more attractive to visitors and investors. This report, commissioned by the City of London, is published as experts on urban ...

Sep. 27, 2010

By Environmental Protection UK

Biodiversity is life. Biodiversity is our life.

To celebrate the launch of the International Year of Biodiversity on 11 January, the European Environment Agency (EEA) is commencing a series of concise, thematic assessments of biodiversity. The first of these '10 messages for 2010' presents the interaction between climate change and biodiversity. Biodiversity embraces the variety of genes, species and ecosystems that constitute life on Earth. ...

Jan. 11, 2010

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Rethink of EU budget could be a win/win situation

A win/win situation in which spending by the European Union achieves better value for money at the same time as promoting more environmentally sensitive solutions has been put forward by seven NGOs, including T&E. The ideas are presented in a report ‘Changing Perspectives – How the EU budget can shape a sustainable future’ which was launched last month. It is the first time ...

Dec. 21, 2010

By Transport and Environment (T&E)

Eco-focus for France`s new presidency

Nicolas Sarkozy demonstrated his government's eco-credentials by inviting environmental groups to the presidential palace to discuss France's environmental policy under his presidency - but refused to back down on nuclear. Monday's meeting, attended by nine environmental groups, prepares the ground for wider talks with business, trade unions, scientists as well as environmentalists to be held in ...

May 29, 2007

By edie.net - Faversham House Ltd.

Carbon mapping to curb climate change and boost biodiversity

A new UNEP-led mapping project shows how carbon stocks in Asia, Africa and Latin America overlap with biodiversity hotspots. The new maps pinpoint places where investments in carbon can contribute to community livelihoods, forest conservation and the fight against climate change. Compiled by a partnership led by UNEP's World Conservation Monitoring Centre, the maps overlay the carbon held in the ...

Oct. 18, 2010

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

New environmental permits will cut UK red tape, save money

New Environmental Permitting Regulations have come into force in England and Wales, reducing red tape whilst protecting the environment and human health. Environmental permits are required for industrial and waste activities which could harm human health or the environment unless they are controlled. The new system means businesses will find it simpler and less costly to be environmentally ...

Apr. 9, 2008

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Global Clinton Initiative: our commitment to preserve wetlands

New York - At the Global Clinton Initiative in New York, Jane Madgwick, CEO of Wetlands International has presented our commitment to work with communities on saving worldwide two million acres of carbon dense peatswamps. During the week of 20-22 September 2011, the Global Clinton Initiative has brought business Jane Madwick with Bill Clinton at the Global Clinton Initiativeleaders, politicians, ...

Sep. 21, 2011

By Wetlands International

Clinton White House Climate Adviser Returns to UK Roots

WASHINGTON, DC, July 25, 2007 (ENS) - Dr. Robert Watson, former head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and currently chief scientist and a senior adviser at the World Bank, is returning to the United Kingdom to become a professor of environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia, UEA, and to advise the UK government on environmental matters. Watson takes up his post on ...

Jul. 26, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Brighton and Hove receive first Gold Sustainable Food Place Award

Sustainable Food Places, the UK programme led by Soil Association, Food Matters and Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming, is pleased to announce that Brighton and Hove is the first UK location to receive the prestigious Gold Sustainable Food Place Award recognising pioneering work around good food. The Sustainable Food Places Network is a rapidly growing movement of people in towns, ...

Nov. 30, 2020

By Soil Association

Bamako declaration: road map for Africa’s climate change and biodiversity strategies

The 13th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) came to a close on Monday with the adoption of the Bamako Declaration, the continent"s new road map for sustainable development and basis for strengthening the common negotiating position on climate change and biological diversity. AMCEN"s in-coming President, Prof. Thiemoko Sangare, who is also the Minister of ...

Jun. 25, 2010

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

New indicator reveals impact of climate change on Europe`s birds

It is recognised that climate change is threatening biodiversity, but there are few indicators that summarise the impacts on many species over large areas of land. An EU-supported study has developed an indicator of climate change's impact on European birds, which has subsequently been used to report threats to biodiversity. There is evidence that climate change is affecting the geographical ...

Jul. 10, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

Biomass should be tenth tipping point, researcher says

The nine 'planetary boundaries' — environmental tipping points, beyond which the planet may not recover —– could soon be joined by a tenth one, if a proposal from a prominent scientist is accepted. The concept of planetary boundaries was proposed in 2009 by Johan Rockström, executive director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, and Will Steffen, executive director of ...

Mar. 27, 2012

By SciDev.Net

Government teams up with fashion to look at green clothes

Representatives of the rag trade and environmental NGOs met with the Government this week to look at ways to reduce the environmental impact of clothing throughout its life cycle. Clothing creates a range of environmental, social and economic impacts similar to those involved in food production. But while food miles, fair trade and composting are now high-profile buzz words for ...

Sep. 10, 2007

By edie.net - Faversham House Ltd.

Stockholm International Water Institute wins the Prince Albert II of Monaco Water Award

The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has been named the 2012 'Prince Albert II of Monaco Water Award' laureate in recognition of its “high contributions on water issues”. H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco will present the prize at a ceremony in London on October 12, 2012. SIWI is a Stockholm-based international policy institute that contributes to international efforts ...

Jul. 2, 2012

By Stockholm International Water Institute

Climate change affects biodiversity in inland waters

There has so far been rather little research on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in inland waters. The best studied group has so far been fishes. A group of scientists at the Finnish Environment Institute has now published in the internationally esteemed series Biological Reviews a study on the consequences of climate changes for various inland water organisms. In a warming climate, ...

Feb. 10, 2009

By Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

Latin American and Caribbean Ministerial Forum Approves Decisions to Advance Sustainable Development in Region

The high-level political dialogue of Latin American and Caribbean Environment Ministers and international experts produced an agreement to advance a regional cooperation framework on the global sustainable development agenda, climate change, biodiversity, chemicals, waste, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), among other crucial areas of action. Acknowledging the need and opportunities for ...

Mar. 14, 2014

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

`Eye on Earth` summit planned in Abu Dhabi

As policy-makers continue to address global environmental issues from climate change to biodiversity loss, from land degradation to water pollution, a multi-partner initiative is calling upon all major players in the international environmental arena to bridge the global environmental knowledge gap. A cooperative and systematic approach through a broad network which builds capacity and takes ...

Feb. 25, 2010

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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 ...

Mar. 27, 2015

By SciDev.Net

How effectively does the Birds Directive protect birds?

Special conservation measures for bird species are required in EU Member States under Annex I of the Birds Directive. This study measured the efficacy of the Directive by comparing the population trends of these species to those of non-Annex I species. Annex I species had more positive trends in population from 1980–2012, despite extensive climate changes. Biodiversity is in decline in all ...

Oct. 22, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

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 ...

Mar. 30, 2015

By GLOBE SERIES

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