How Women Are Affected By, and Can Shape, Climate Policy


Posted on 26 December 2011

 

Introducing a U.N. report on women and climate change earlier this week at COP 17 in Durban, South Africa, U.N. Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said: "Women often play a stronger role than men in the management of ecosystem services and food security. Hence, sustainable adaptation must focus on gender and the role of women if it is to become successful."
 
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Campaign For Better Transport: how to reduce the need to travel


Posted on 26 December 2011

 

The National Planning Policy Framework will sideline smart growth in favour of out-of-town sprawl - rolling back decades of town centred development. Now campaigners have launched a toolkit to reduce travel demand within local transport plans.
 
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CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PROBLEM


Posted on 29 April 2011

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Global warming is a growing concern, not only for scientists, but the general public. Temperatures at the Earth’s surface have increased by an estimated 0.6ºC over the 20th century. The 1990's were the hottest decade of the entire century.

Acting NOW for better health: A 30% reduction target for EU climate policy


Posted on 19 September 2010

A link to EU report about climate change and its consequences on the people's health.

http://www.env-health.org/a/3585

Report's full text read here.

Global green energy subsidies total $43-46bn against $557bn spent on subsidising fossil fuels


Posted on 05 August 2010

Governments worldwide provided $43-46bn (€32-€35bn) for the development of renewable energy sources last year including biofuels, according to a preliminary analysis published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance last week. This is one tenth the $557bn spent on subsidising fossil fuels in 2008.

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