Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
DEFRA – The schemes fund green farming methods such as creating wildlife habitats and protecting the English landscape. Although Defra’s schemes are effective and have been designed to make them attractive to farmers, the European Commission concluded that payments should only be made at certain points during the year instead of on a rolling basis
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Norway took over the presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea states on July 1st. Norway will base its presidency on the priorities adopted by the Council of the Baltic Sea States: environment, energy, economic development, education and culture, and civil security. In addition Norway will have a particular focus on
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
The “Renewable Energy Snapshots” report, published today by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), shows that renewable energy sources accounted for 62% (17GW) of the new electricity generation capacity installed in the EU27 in 2009. The share rose from 57% in 2008. For the second year running, wind energy accounted for the largest share
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – Germany will not deliver on financial aid promises made at the Copenhagen climate summit to help developing countries deal with climate change, according to draft budget plans for the next two years. Read More
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
CALGARY HERALD – The multi-modal strategy, to be delivered to government by December, will have a profound impact on the province’s economic growth and competitiveness in the coming decades, policy observers noted. It will be particularly important for the Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton regions, which are expected to be home to about 77 per
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
JRC – Available Thematic Data Layers for Commission Decision of on guidelines for the calculation of land carbon stocks for the purpose of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC. The Climatic Zone layer is defined based on the classification of IPCC (IPCC, 2006). The zones are defined by a set of rules based
Monday, July 5th, 2010
NATIONAL UAE – Desertec, a plan to help power Europe with sunlight, starts with a simple idea: put solar energy plants around the Sahara and Middle East. The rest is complicated.Two weeks ago, the EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger met North African officials in Algiers to discuss integrating electricity markets. Mr Oettinger told Reuters electricity
Monday, July 5th, 2010
JORNAL DE BRASIL – Planning and appropriate preventive care, such as a flood warning system could have helped prevent deaths due to rains in Alagoas. According to researcher Jose Maria Brollo, director of the Center for Environmental and Engineering Geology of the Geological Institute (IG), linked to the Department of Environment of São Paulo, Brazil hasknowledge
Monday, July 5th, 2010
TIMES OF MALTA – Architects and planners recently discussed the pros and cons of structural and spatial planning systems. With reform in the air, this looks like a good time to make the leap to a new planning system. Ongoing reform of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa) is peppered with lively discussions over
Monday, July 5th, 2010
OBSERVER UK – Terreform One, a New York non-profit design group led by 38-year-old architect Mitchell Joachim, offers answers to almost everything to do with cities and sustainability. Its prolific output of ideas includes blimps creeping nose-to-tail around cities, with seats hanging off them just above the ground so that people can jump on and
