Friday, December 17th, 2010
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) intends to protect and restore clean surface waters and groundwater across Europe. According to the WFD, Member States (MS) have to prepare management plans for their river basins. The maps display statistics at country or river basin district level and allow users to zoom in and check the state of major
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
GERMAN GOV – Like a show in the spring of 2010 for the Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) with 2008 people representative survey, almost two thirds of respondents (62 percent) believe that the state should do more for the environment. 61 percent are in favor of a pioneering role of Germany in international climate policy.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
ESA – Today, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of ESA, and Steve MacLean, President of the Canadian Space Agency, signed a new Cooperation Agreement between ESA and Canada that will extend their partnership for a further 10 years, until 2020.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
NOVINTE BULGARIA – The European Commission has requested from Bulgarian an urgent action plan for reform in the water infrastructure sector. The EC Director-General Regional Policy, Dirk Ahner, has sent a letter to Bulgaria’s Minister on Regional Development, Rosen Plevneliev, and the Bulgarian Environment Minister, Nona Karadzhova, stating that Bulgaria is lagging behind in reforming its water
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – The Russian government has lifted a halt on construction of a highway between Moscow and St. Petersburg that would destroy part of the Khimki forest. Ecologists still hope they will be able to overturn the decision. Read More
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
TU DELTA – Last week Dr Akke Suiker was chosen as TU Delft’s ‘Best Teacher of 2010’. His secret of success: stripping the subject down to its bare essentials. Read More
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
On Thursday (December 16) at 15:30, the environment minister and a doctorate in environmental planning, Izabella Teixeira, will participate in a live debate, which will make a retrospective of his performance in the current government and a balance sheet of the 16th Conference United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), promoted recently in Cancun. Read
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
IGN SPAIN – Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess of Asturias preside over the opening ceremony with Minister of Public Works, José Blanco, and the presidents of the autonomous communities of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha, Esperanza Aguirre and José María Barreda. Read More
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
HELSINGIN SANOMAT – Finland’s Ministry of the Environment is in the process of simplifying considerably the fire regulations regarding the construction of wooden apartment buildings. The aim is to better facilitate the use of wood when building multi-storey apartment buildings. The Ministry is preparing new building regulations, according to which wood-frame apartment buildings up to eight storeys high
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
ESA – The climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, last week agreed a package that will set up a new green climate fund for adapting to climate change, transferring technology to developing countries and reducing emissions by avoiding deforestation and forest degradation. Read More
