11 June, 2007
Tomorrow, 12 June, will see the start of the European Union’s yearly Green Week. The 2007 edition will look back at successes and failures of fifty years of environmental policies at European level and will look forward to some of the main challenges today: climate change, environment and health issue, natural resources depletion, waste policy… » read more
Posted by Willy De Backer
In Bangkok, climate change scientists and country delegates have reached on deal on the third IPCC report for this year. The 35-page report describes the urgent actions needed to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases to acceptable levels and the costs this would incur on the global economy. More in International Herald Tribune and CNN.… » read more
Posted by Willy De Backer
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Climate change, Dimas, European Commission, European Union, Global Warming, sustainable development |
2 April, 2007
As I was listening this morning to the opening speeches of the IPCC Working Group II meeting in Brussels, I started wondering whether we really need these international climate meetings to tackle global warming. Of course, I understand that, if we ever want to reduce the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and have any chance of… » read more
Posted by Willy De Backer
