04.07.2008

EVENTSBrussels 03.07.2008

Set the right climate for your holidays!

A conference on tourism and climate change

The purpose of the conference is to show that tourism is both responsible for but also a victim of climate change. The event should also be seen in preparation for the coming into force of Article 195 of the Treaty of Lisbon which foresees the inclusion of the tourism sector in the EU legislative procedure.

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Online registration form - Conference "Tourism and climate change"

Press releases05.06.2008

Krško nuclear scare

Alarm bells ringing, information still lacking

Greens' reaction to yesterday's incident at the Krško nuclear plant in Slovenia und the EU-wide alarm that followed.

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EVENTSBrussels 11.06.2008

Climate migrants

How to protect the people who are affected by climate change

The conference will look at case studies and will look at adaptation strategies and solutions on how ato prevent climate migrations and to protect and compensate the affected people. A declaration on the protection of the climate migrants will be adopted at the end of the conference.

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Press releases05.06.2008

Biofuels - car emissions

Scrap biofuels target and stop stalling on CO2 car emissions

The EU environment and energy councils take place today and tomorrow in Luxembourg. Among several key issues, the topic of agrofuels and the 10% target will be one of the central discussion point.

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Press releasesBonn/Brüssel 30.05.2008

Deforestation -copyright Geralda van der Es

Biodiversity

UN-Conference ends without solution to protect biodiversity from agrofuels threat.

The EU did neither show a common approach nor a united position at the negotiations during the high-level meeting in Bonn. Now it will be up to the Parliament and the Council to deal with the topic. Those fights among EU states are not a good sign in the perspective of the UN climate change summit in Poznan.

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Zur UN-Konferenz zur Artenvielfalt in Bonn

Press releases27.05.2008

Renewables directive

Yes to flexibility, but not at any price

Today Green MEP Claude Turmes presents his report on the renewables directive to the European Parliament committee on industry, research and energy.

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Press releases27.05.2008

A Boeing 747 being refueled - Copyright: Christoph Ermel

Aviation

Greens welcome strong Parliament vote on aviation and climate proposals

The Greens welcome the strong result in today's Environment Committee's vote on the proposal to include aviation in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

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Press releases21.05.2008

Climate change

Scientific facts call for greater political ambition

The European Parliament today voted on its interim report on climate change.This report is the first outcome of the temporary committee on climate change which was set up last year.

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Renewable energy19.05.2008

Windmills - Copyright: Stephen Strathdee

Renewables directive

Draft report of the European Parliament's rapporteur, Greens' MEP C.Turmes, is available

An essential part of the European Commission's 'climate package' issued in January is the proposal on a new directive for renewable energy.The European Parliament will give its input through the report lead by Greens/EFA MEP Claude Turmes.

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Climate change13.05.2008

Global warming

World CO2 levels at record high

Latest findings by the US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) show that CO2 levels in the atmopshere now stand at 387 ppm, up almost 40% since the industrial revolution and the highest for at least the last 650,000 years!

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Climate change14.05.2008

Filicopsida or Fern fronds - Copyright: texasmary

Climate change and biodiversity

Public hearing by the Greens/EFA to take place the 14 May in the European Parliament

Ahead of the 9th meeting (COP9) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Bonn, Germany, (19 to 30 May), the Greens/EFA will organise a high-level hearing on "climate change and biodiversity". Experts of the UN, NGOs or the European Commission will debate on how to tackle the loss of biodiversity in the context of global warming.

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"The ghosts of soviet nuclear - The case of Mochovce" - A film commissioned by the Greens/EFA