Friday, July 16th, 2010
UNESCO – The European Space Agency (ESA) in the context of the Committee of Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) started the TIGER initiative as a concrete action following the resolutions of the World Submit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg. The initiative aims at assisting African countries to overcome problems faced in the collection, analysis and
Friday, July 16th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – Amsterdam’s metro system is to be closed between central station and Amstel station for almost five weeks for maintenance, but no work will actually be carried out, the Parool reports on Thursday. The tunnel was scheduled to be closed to allow contractors to improve fire safety, but a dispute over the contract
Friday, July 16th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The two Murmansk registered oil tankers Varzuga and Indiga are right now on their way through the partly ice-covered Northern Sea Route on their way to Chukotka in Russia’s Far East. The Arctic shipping season 2010 is closely followed by the world’s shipping interests as global warming makes the sea ice retreat in
Friday, July 16th, 2010
ENGLAND NORTHWEST – A Manchester-based data centre provider is to invest £2 million in expanding its overall site capacity. UK Grid, which also has a centre in London, has already started to expand its Science Park in Manchester. The firm is currently installing an extra 170 racks of data storage space as part of the first
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
MORNING STAR – Beijing is set to invest £6.5 billion in Argentina’s rail system after visiting Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez signed a series of economic co-operation agreements in Beijing on Tuesday. The railway deals included a £1.64bn project to upgrade Buenos Aires’s railway, the electrification of rail lines and the construction of a light rail
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) of Oxford University and the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new poverty measure that gives a “multidimensional” picture of people living in poverty which its creators say could help target development resources more effectively. Read
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
CITY OF LONDON – The London Development Agency has won a top sustainability award for its programme to make public buildings more energy efficient and cut their carbon emissions. The RE:FIT programme received a Highly Commended award for outstanding achievement in the Sustainability Initiative of the Year category at the annual Government Opportunities (GO) magazine
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
ABC Australia – The threat to the world’s biodiversity is well documented. In Australia, 427 animal species are threatened with extinction and more than 1000 plants are also on the brink. Now The United Nations has done a study which looks at the cost to the economy of such a loss. It shows on average one
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
ORACLE Blog – As stated many times before, the development of sustainable and smart solutions will continue to accelerate as governments increasingly make steps towards building their own low carbon economy and meet EU commitments of reduce renewable energy by 20 per cent by 2020. Such commitments inevitably mean that smart technologies will gain increased
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
The powerful and well-functioning transport, electricity, gas and telecommunications networks secure the competitiveness of the Swiss economy and the internal cohesion of our country. To make this even 2030 is still the case, should the existing capacities optimally managed, correct any possible bottlenecks and expansions are planned in advance. The strategy report “Future of the
