New Zealand's natural heritage threatened by 20 years of environmental inactionnewsLess than a month before world leaders meet at a major environmental summit, a WWF’s report warns that New Zealand is falling short on important commitments made at the Earth Summit 20 years ago on greenhouse gases, water quality, land and marine biodiversity, fisheries and education for sustainability. “While it...
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Dam Project Threatens a Way of Life in PerunewsThe indigenous Ashaninkas are now facing a frightening peril: the proposed 2,200-megawatt Pakitzapango hydroelectric dam, which would flood much of the Ene River valley. The project is part of a proposal for as many as five dams that under a 2010 energy agreement would generate more than 6,500 megawatts, primarily...
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Fourth International African Renewable Energy Alliance (AREA) ConferenceeventThis Conference, organized by the World Future Council and the African Renewable Energy Alliance (AREA) on the theme, “Access to Sustainable Renewable Energy in Africa as Prerequisite for the MDGs”, will be held from 22 to 26 May 2012, in Como, Italy. As 2012 marks the UN International Year of...
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IUCN: Thomson Reuters Environmental Media AwardeventFor over a decade, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has teamed up with Thomson Reuters Foundation to honor environmental journalism. From 15 May to 15 June 2012, journalists and writers across the world are invited to submit an article on an environmental issue, for the IUCN –...
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World Renewable Energy Forum & Exhibition (WREF 2012): Em-Powering the World with Renewable EnergyeventFor the first time, the American Solar Energy Society’s (ASES) National Solar Conference will be held under the same roof with the biennial World Renewable Energy Congress. The combined event is the World Renewable Energy Forum 2012. WREF 2012, organized by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and the World...
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The water-energy-food nexus: why mountains matternewsTogether with the Government of Nepal and ICIMOD, the Mountain Partnership Secretariat has organized a side event on "The water-energy-food nexus: why mountains matter". The side event will take place on Monday 26 March 2012 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, back to back with the 3rd Intersessional...
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