Monday, October 8th, 2007
SHANGHAI DAILY – The main topic of the three-year long initiative “Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together” is sustainable urban development. Starting with Nanjing in autumn, it will present Germany as the “Land of Ideas,” offering innovative concepts and solutions for the challenges China faces in the future, especially in its fast-growing cities. Read
Monday, October 8th, 2007
CHINA GOVT – China’s current drive for an energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly society will bring business opportunities worth up to 300 billion U.S. dollars in the coming five years, said a senior Chinese trade official. Wei Jianguo, deputy minister of commerce, said the figure indicated that 30 percent of worldwide orders for energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly technologies
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
S. AFRICA CITIES NETWORK – Transport Minister Jeff Radebe is satisfied with progress made in building the multi-billion Rand Gautrain Rapid Rail Network, particularly in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read More
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
WARSAW VOICE – The Polish building industry has passed the boom phase and is now experiencing dynamic and stable development. New concepts and ideas are gaining in importance. The most important are sustainable development and redevelopment. Read More
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK – The EIB has renewed its policy on lending to the transport sector. As in all areas of EIB activity, transport lending has been driven by EU policy. In the present context of heightened attention to climate change the Bank is committed to a review of its lending approach in the transport
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
STATKRAFT – Statkraft has decided to build the world’s first prototype osmotic power plant. The company is also stepping up its initiatives to develop the technology further. Osmotic power is a renewable energy source. Calculations indicate that the technology could contribute around 1,600 TWh on a global basis annually. Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2007
GRIST.org — Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo spoke at the opening plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative. Unintentionally, her remarks illustrated the challenge of sustainable development. Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2007
THE AGE — A uniform approach is needed to water supply planning in regional centres across Australia, a new report has found. Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2007
RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY – Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands Railways – NS) runs trains over 2000km of electrified railway, and conversion of the overhead from 1500kV dc to 25kV ac is planned to massively improve the quality of service. The changes are needed due to acute, and worsening, capacity problems. Since the 1980s, the drive to increase the
Friday, October 5th, 2007
SCOTLAND GOVT – The Scottish Government today set out its blueprint for the future of North Sea cod stocks. Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, said: “Scotland has a responsibility to achieve a sustainable cod fishery and that is a responsibility that our fishermen have demonstrated in recent years having bent
