Monday, June 6th, 2011
The Danube, Europe’s second longest river at around 2 850 km, links the Black Forest to the Black Sea and runs through ten countries, with four more in its basin. Hydro-electric power stations, a Pan-European transport corridor and home to some of Europe’s rarest species – the pressures placed on the river are often conflicting
Monday, June 6th, 2011
A Scoreboard has been published by the European Commission showing the performance of the EU and Member States in delivering on the agreed targets of the Digital Agenda for Europe after the first year of its existence (see IP/10/581, MEMO/10/199 and MEMO/10/200). In line with its commitment to an open data strategy the European Commission
Monday, May 16th, 2011
I regret that no final agreement has been reached on a multiannual global plan for sustainable consumption and production in the framework of the UN Convention on Sustainable Development. The intensive negotiations this past week have produced a valuable text for a possible agreement on substance but the conditions were not present on this occasion
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
On 5 April 2011, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the Chairman of the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party(*) hosted the annual Spring Conference of European Data Protection Commissioners in Brussels, involving data protection authorities from EU and non-EU Member States, as well as various authorities at EU level.
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Project TRANSMIT – Training Research and Applications Network to Support the Mitigation of Ionospheric Threats, comprises a consortium of leading Universities and Research Centers in Europe, with associated partners from top industry stakeholders. The ionosphere can cause serious problems to GNSS satellites signals, in particular related to extreme solar events. The next solar maximum is
Monday, March 21st, 2011
The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is co-organising a conference on “Local Digital Agendas Meet the Digital Agenda for Europe”, which will discuss supporting local development through digital local agendas (DLA).aevant to municipalities and regions. How can local and regional authorities better tackle today’s societal challenges? How can the need for change at
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
In response to the recommendations of the GIGAS (GEOSS, INSPIRE and GMES, an Action in Support) project, CEN/TC 287 Geographic Information has agreed to establish a EU-level repository of reference material on interoperability, where current and future projects can find state-of-the-art information on interoperability. By the same token, these projects could then add new reference material as they progress in
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
The purpose of this announcement is to solicit prospective candidates to apply to the role of facilitator of one of the following thematic areas:– Agricultural and aquacultural facilities– Energy resources– Statistical units and Population distribution – demography The role of a facilitator is to provide technical guidance and assist in the organisation of the data specification activities
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
The European Commission has, today, taken an important step in preparing for the full inclusion of aviation in the EU’s emissions trading system (EU ETS) from 1 January next year. The European Commission has decided on the historical aviation emissions which will be used to calculate the number of aviation allowances to be available from 2012.
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Soils are valuable, because they provide the basis for food, because they are habitat for many animals, plants and microorganisms, they protect water resources and store and transform nutrients. Soil are buffering climate and they tell stories and hold treasuries. This incomplete list already shows that soils are multifunctional and not replaceable. They are a limited resource which
