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A new study, released on the 14th February 2008, shows that the proposed binding minimum EU recycling targets of 50% for municipal waste by 2020, currently discussed by the European Parliament, could save emissions equivalent to more than 89 million tonnes (mt) of CO2 equivalent per year. This is equivalent to taking 31 million cars off the road. The study builds on a UK report which found that most studies showed that recycling was better [...]
Environmental groups BirdLife International, EEB, Friends of the Earth and Transport and Environment, welcome UK transport secretary Ruth Kelly’s announcement that the UK will initiate a wide ranging review of biofuel production. The green groups expressed their hope that other member states will engage in this review and that it will lead to a re-think of the EU’s 10% biofuel target proposed under the Renewables Directive. The groups also reiterated their strong support for the [...]
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest federation of environmental citizens’ organisations, is calling for an immediate EU-wide measure to ensure the compatibility of battery chargers and power supply devices. The call comes the day before a Consultation Forum meeting linked to the Ecodesign of Energy Using Products (EuP) Directive. “Battery chargers represent a serious environmental issue both from an energy use and a waste perspective†said Nathalie Cliquot, EEB policy officer on EU waste [...]
Report by An Taisce. This was a preparatory meeting for the forthcoming June 2008 Conference of the Parties in Riga. The Secretariat was criticised for not having produced all of the preparatory documents for this particular meeting, but they did make the point that their budget had been constrained. I made enquiries of the Secretariat as to what deadline Ireland had to ratify the Convention in order to be a full participant at the Conference [...]
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Minister Sean Haughey, T.D. Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science presented ECO-UNESCO with their FETAC Quality Assurance Agreement on 31st January 2008. This award recognises ECO-UNESCO as a quality assured FETAC training centre and is a very important achievement for the organisation. Since 2005, ECO-UNESCO has been running an ‘Introduction to Sustainable Development’ FETAC (Level 5) and at the moment the organisation is in the process of developing a new FETAC [...]
The EENGOCF Directors met with the Minister in November and agreed a number of meetings with the Minister and/or his representatives and appropriate members of his or other departments. Three such meetings are to take place under the following headings: – Biodiversity including Natural Resource Management – Climate Change and Fiscal Measures – Sustainable Development The ‘Biodiversity including Natural Resource Management’ meeting is due to take place first. So far, members of WEB have had input in developing [...]
This Saturday February 16th marks the fourth anniversary of the entry into force in 2005 of the Kyoto Protocol, the UN implementation framework for getting to grips with climate change. With public attention now beginning to focus the on the scale and the implications of the problem, Grian, as is traditional on Kyoto Day, is hosting a number of FREE sessions on climate change and what can be done about it. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16TH 2008 [...]
Environmental groups around the world are supporting an hour long demonstration of global solidarity about climate change and the need for conservation.Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming. Using the slogan ‘See The Difference You Can Make‘, householders, business, and the [...]
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A number of IEN members are working together on Biodiversity issues.