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'Human impact report: climate change – the anatomy of a silent crisis'
Global Humanitarian Forum President Kofi Annan launched on 29 May 'Human impact report: climate change - the anatomy of a silent crisis', which concludes that 300,000 deaths are related to climate change each year and th...
Lib Dems Raise Air Quality
A Liberal Democrats policy briefing on air quality, launched on 20 May by Simon Hughes MP, has calculated that exposure to air pollution contributes to 24,000 premature deaths in the UK each year, including 4,400 Londone...
IEMA's Response To The Consultation On The Term "Carbon Neutral": Its Definition And Recommendations For Good Practice
DECC (Department for Energy and Climate Change) issued a consultation on the term 'Carbon Neutral' in February 2009. The consultation closed on 21st May 2009. IEMA sought the views of its membership, and have co-ordinat...
Switch–On At Europe's Largest Onshore Windfarm
Scottish Power's Chairman Ignacio Gal�n was joined today by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond MSP to celebrate the completion of ScottishPower Renewables' Whitelee Windfarm, Europe's largest onshore wind power proje...
How clean is Europe's air?
Particulate matter and ground-level ozone remain important air pollutants in Europe.
Obama sets strict limits on car exhaust emissions
America's gas-guzzling automobiles were heading towards extinction yesterday as Barack Obama set strict limits on car exhaust emissions and directed producers to make a more fuel-efficient vehicle fleet. The policy requi...
Zero Carbon Capacity Index for the Built Environment – RICS
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched a new index to measure and track the degree to which the built environment is able to support moves towards a low carbon built environment.
CBI – 'Time to Change Gear?'
This report by the CBI assesses the current state of the UK transport network and draws on a range of published evidence in order to rate different modes of transport according to their reliability and capacity.
Berlin: An innovative energy efficiency buildings program
The City of Berlin in partnership with Berlin Energy Agency (BEA) has pioneered an excellent model for improving energy efficiency in buildings. They project mange the retrofit of public and private buildings, preparing ...
Energy efficiency in Heidelberg buildings reduces emissions
Heidelberg is at the forefront of environmental protection in Europe and has cut CO2 emissions by over 15,000 tons per year in municipal buildings since 1993.