Saturday, September 1st, 2007
CITY OF BERLIN – Not only environmental policies and projects, but urban and regional planning in Berlin as well has for years been based on principles of sustainability in urbanism: reducing the use of energy, water and soil, maintaining a functional and social mix in the City Districts, and developing green and natural areas. Read
Friday, August 31st, 2007
TELEGRAPH – Energy companies are cashing in on Government subsidies by building wind farms that will never make any money because they are being constructed on sites with not enough wind, it has been claimed. Read More
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
DEUTSCHE WELLE – German Chancellor Merkel’s proposed new plan to curb climate change foresees linking caps on Co2 emissions to the population of a country. It could be of particular interest to large emerging nations China and India. Read More
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
RTPI – The recent bad press over the planning system’s role in the housing crisis in fact emphasises the profession’s importance in tackling the pressing issues of the day be they affordability or flooding, argues Jim Claydon. Read More
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY – Developing farm advisory services to help farmers protect the environment is a key purpose of the CIFAS project, the results of which will be discussed at a seminar in the European Parliament today. ‘Farmers now play an important role in managing environmental resources. Read More
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
SWEDISH GOVERNMENT – The state of the environment has to be monitored through measurements and inventories. By sampling and analysing air, water, soil and living materials we can obtain the knowledge we need about the development of the state of the environment. Read More
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
THE NORWAY POST – Construction work on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGS) started in April 2007 and the first blastings were performed in May. The facility will be opened on 28 February 2008. Read More
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
UK GOVERNMENT – Indicators are integral to the communication of sustainable development. They help review progress, they highlight where the challenges are, and they help people to understand what sustainable development means globally, nationally, locally and for them as individuals. On 27 July 2007 an update of the national indicators was published both as a free
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
CTV NEWS – Brampton, Ont. has become the first city in the GTA to be deemed a safe community by the World Health Organization. Communities that receive the designation, which has only been given to 10 cities in North America, have to meet international community safety standards. Brampton was given the designation after achieving high
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
COPENHAGEN POST – The government will present a new plan for Africa this week that focuses on the continent’s environmental challenges and mass migrations. A new plan for Danish aid to Africa will increase overall aid funding by DKK 702 million (EUR 94 million) through 2011. Read More
