Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Freight transport exposes many people to exhaust gas emissions and noise and contributes significantly to climate change. UBA’s “Strategy for Sustainable Freight Transport” shows that this can be changed. The report describes the past, present and future development of freight transport, identifies conflicts with environmental protection requirements and presents measures to reduce its environmental impacts.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality said the Municipality is one of the leading departments in the government of Dubai which has always sought to achieve the best results and highest levels in all areas as it pursues a policy of well planned steps and works as a team to reach the
Friday, October 9th, 2009
If nations do not want to fail in Copenhagen, they must raise their climate mitigation ambition and partner with other levels of government. Local governments’ advocacy efforts to be recognised as essential partners to Parties in the next global agreement on climate change gradually proves successful at the Bangkok Climate Talks between 28 September and
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Data and information are the lifeblood of the knowledge economy, yet within the UK information is highly fragmented with many datasets and sources. There is duplication of information collection in some cases and harmonisation between datasets at different scales is often lacking. Co-ordination between different levels of Government and public authorities is generally poor resulting
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
The Network Drafting Team has finalised the next version of their proposal for the Download service. Implementing Rules and the accompanying Technical Guidelines.? The Draft Legislation for the Download Network Service is currently being prepared by the European Commission for submission to the INSPIRE Committee. The Draft Implementing Rules, the Technical Guidelines and the comments
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (the Act), which received Royal Assent on June 16, 2009, has important implications for local authorities. To assist local authorities in preparing for the implementation of the Act, the Scottish Government has prepared three short briefing notes. These briefs are accompanied by a covering letter describing the immediate
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
PR – BusinessWeek Special Ad Sections and Environmental Defense will explore the implications of global warming for the $6 trillion world energy economy—and for all businesses—in a special advertising section this March. Global Warming: Big Risks, Big Rewards takes an insider’s look at businesses and investors now sizing up the financial risks of climate change
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
When we think about printing, we normally call to mind printers. Vyomesh Joshi, on the other hand, has a vision for Version 2.0 of printing that has more to do with lifestyle than beige boxes. Joshi, known widely in the industry as VJ, is executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard’s printing and imaging division, a $26
Friday, October 19th, 2007
THE HINDU – Farmers can soon avail themselves of information about soil fertility at their district and block headquarters that would also help the Department of Fertilisers to prepare and monitor equitable distribution of fertilisers and micro-nutrients. A methodology for preparation of district level digitised soil fertility map has been standardised, which was one of
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
To reward a recent innovative scientific contribution on the structure and functioning of the North Sea ecosystem. The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) awards a scientific prize to foster innovative fundamental or applied research on the structure and functioning of the North Sea ecosystem, with emphasis on coastal and estuarine areas of the Southern Bight and
