Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Alberta’s greenhouse gas reduction program continues to support a global clean energy future with 2009 emissions reductions being the equivalent of removing 1.4 million cars off the road and a clean technology innovation fund growing to $187 million. The 2009 results saw industrial emissions reduced by seven million tonnes from business-as-usual (emissions that would have
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
How do you account for carbon stored outside forests? Want to hear about experiences and challenges from case studies in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia? The World Agroforestry Centre invites you to a side event on Monday 7 June during the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice 32nd session (SBSTA 32) in
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Detailed marine mapping from SeaZone is helping Forewind Ltd plan and deliver its offshore wind energy project in the North Sea. Using HydroSpatial, SeaZone’s digital marine map, Forewind will undertake a comprehensive assessment of the maritime area to help identify potential sites for offshore wind development after successfully winning the exclusive zone development agreement for
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
HP today announced that Ingenieurgruppe Flösser GmbH is using its HP Designjet 4520 HD-MFP to deliver highly accurate printouts of architectural plans, to visualise and analyse its customers’ architectural designs. Based in Bad Säckingen, Germany, architectural engineering specialist, Ingenieurgruppe Flösser GmbH, is employed to assist customers with structural calculations during a building’s design process, to
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
To meet the growing need of people for increasing farm income and to minimize the negative environmental impact of today’s farm practices, a new farming concept has been evolved where inputs are fine tuned and optimized according to the local field variability such that yield increment is achieved with a minimum harm to the local
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, launched the Atlas on 4th May 2010 in Brussels at the European Parliament at the inauguration of an exhibition on the work of the Commission’s Joint Research Centre . The 144 pages atlas is the result of a three-year collaborative project with partners from northern EU
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
GUARDIAN UK – Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics risk missing a golden opportunity to inspire a step change towards a low-carbon economy, the green watchdog for the games has warned. The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 released its annual review on how the games’ sustainable vision is taking shape. The UK’s green promises
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
The GIS Section is committed to providing the Urban Planning Council’s planning and development staff with analysis and products to support the planning process by using the most recent and accurate data available. The section plays an active role in forming linkages and standards with external agencies to ensure the best data sources are available
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
DERBYSHIRE UK – Councils in Derby, South Derbyshire, Erewash and Amber Valley had been told by the previous Labour Government that they must build 36,600 new homes in the county by 2026. But the new Con-Lib coalition Government has confirmed it plans to scrap regional spatial strategies across the UK and return decision-making powers on
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
SPACE FELLOWSHIP – The SERVIS-2 mission is the successor to SERVIS-1 also successfully launched on a Rockot in October 2003 by Eurockot for its Japanese customer, the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) of Tokyo, Japan. SERVIS-2, the acronym for the second ‘Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System’ mission, will be employed to
