May 18, 2012
- The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released the Environmental Indicator Report 2012, which focuses on six main themes: nitrogen emissions and threats to biodiversity; carbon emissions and climate change; air pollution and air quality; the marine environment; stress on water resources; and use of material resources.
- The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released the Environmental Indicator Report 2012, which focuses on six main themes: nitrogen emissions and threats to biodiversity; carbon emissions and climate change; air pollution and air quality; the marine environment; stress on water resources; and use of material resources.
- The experiences gained from the Covenant on energy efficiency and renewable energy policies are expected to provide critical input for the Forum, which will bring together EU and Chinese mayors to exchange best practices on urban energy policies.
May 17, 2012
Myanmar remains one of the world’s only countries with no prohibitions on log exports. The country provides much coveted teak and other hardwood logs to the region and beyond. Sawn wood, and to a lesser extent finished wood products, contribute a relatively small amount to Myanmar’s total exports of wood products. As in the majority of Mekong countries, one of the most significant trends affecting forest lands in Myanmar relates to the considerable, and often times informal, foreign direct...
- The African preparatory workshop ahead of the fifth Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) helped African countries consolidate common positions on issues of relevance to Africa. The meeting was attended by 25 different African countries, and worked to finalize the draft AEWA Plan of Action for Africa.
- European Union Sustainable Energy Week events will take place across Europe. Events in Brussels will center around a high-level conference on the sustainable energy sector, which is expected to draw 4,000 participants from over 50 countries. Throughout the week other events will take place in parallel to draw attention to energy efficiency and sustainable energy themes.
May 10, 2012
- An Informal Ministerial Roundtable on Climate Change brought together representatives from 30 countries, including from LDCs and AOSIS. The Roundtable was convened by Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, who called on countries to keep up the momentum created in Durban on climate change and to make progress at Rio+20.
May 8, 2012
- The European Commission Vice-President responsible for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, highlighted that ICT could deliver innovations allowing households to be energy suppliers, street lights that adjust to the presence of people, grid-integrated electrical vehicles, and environment responsive home heating systems.
- The meeting saw the signing of a Joint Declaration on EU-China Partnership on Urbanization, an EU-China Joint Declaration on Energy Security and a Joint Statement for Enhanced Cooperation on Electricity Markets between the European Commission and the State Electricity Regulatory Commission of China.
May 7, 2012
- The European Commission has published guidelines for a technical review of EU Member States’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories. The technical review is required by the Commission to facilitate setting national limits on non-EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) emissions for the period 2013-2020.