International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV. The Global Good Practice Analysis is a joint initiative by the International Partnership on Mitigation and MRV and the UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building Programme and documents examples of mitigation-related good practice worldwide which demonstrate how INDCs, LEDS, NAMAs and MRV systems are being effectively designed and implemented across a range of national contexts.
In the second edition of the Global Good Practice Analysis (GPA2.0) a new selection of cases was examined by a consortium led by NewClimate Institute and including the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Libélula. The good practice examples demonstrate how mitigation actions, ranging from LEDS over NAMAs and MRV to INDCs, are being effectively designed and implemented across different national contexts, including developed and developing countries. The Summary Report GPA2.0 will be translated into Spanish and French soon. 'Green waves' for cyclists in Danish cities. Hankintamappi. Hem - Natur och miljö. New training tool for Creative Companies by the LEC project. Finto: KEKO - Kestävän kehityksen kasvatuksen ontologia. GGEI-Report2014.pdf. GHG and Carbon Accounting, Auditing, Management & Training.
Summary-SCI2.0.pdf. Energy and Development. Energy and Development Unit value: This module explores the main issues around energy and development.
As 1.3 billion people worldwide do not have access to electricity and 2.7 billion people rely on traditional biomass for basic needs such as cooking and heating (World Bank, 2014), access to energy is a key development issue and is a prerequisite to achieving development goals. At the same time, energy use is closely intertwined with environmental challenges such as climate change, fossil fuel resource depletion, air pollution and natural resource management (land, water, forests). This module elaborates the key issues and concepts in the field of energy and development; it addresses policy responses such as the energy issues underlying the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations’ (UN) target of universal energy access.
Extreme weather driving countries to adapt to climate change. The survey brings together detailed responses from 30 European countries, which are analysed in 'National adaptation policy processes in European countries - 2014', a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Climate change adaptation is an issue on the political agenda in more than three quarters of countries, according to the survey. Almost all countries stated that extreme weather events have triggered adaptation responses. The second most cited reason for developing national adaptation policies was European Union policies integrating climate change adaptation, followed by damage costs and scientific research. Most countries identified barriers to taking action – more than three quarters of countries cited a lack of resources such as time, money or technologies as a barrier. Looking for a Deep Impact Experiential Safari Designed to Stimulate Maximum Growth and Self-Discovery? - Welcome to ZoharBlog.
By Dr Ken Firestone For Travelers Seeking In-Depth Expereinces and Interactive Contact with the Local Culture Zohar African Safaris, based in Arusha~Tanzania, realizes travelers today are seeking authentic and engaging travel adventure experiences that allow for direct interactive contact with both the local culture and eco-culture.
This connection between the travel guest and the local host culture generates a visceral impact affecting how travelers' view themselves and the world around them. Zohar's Niche: For Travelers Seeking Growth Through Travel. Leeds Beckett and VisitEngland champion sustainable tourism with new toolkit - Leeds Beckett University. 15 September 2014 - Page last updated at 01:50 Leeds Metropolitan University has teamed up with VisitEngland to create a new marketing toolkit for destinations.
Keep it Real for Destinations aims to champion the benefits of sustainable tourism for visitors and residents alike, and to support destinations to promote the local businesses and initiatives that are leading examples of sustainable tourism. The new toolkit features examples of best practice from destinations across England where sustainable tourism is benefiting both visitors and the local community.
Examples include innovative ways of working with local organisations and businesses, from promoting cycling holidays or locally sourced food and produce to improving local transport networks, or making a destination more accessible for disabled visitors. It also includes guidelines on how best to communicate to both residents and visitors the wealth of sustainable projects taking place in that destination. Resource_guide_predicting_and_projecting_climate_change.pdf. Resource_guide_fundamentals_of_climate_change_science.pdf.
Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey Report & Scorecard: 2014 Findings & Recommendations. Amid growing evidence that climate change is having wide-ranging global impacts that will worsen in the years ahead, Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey Report & Scorecard: 2014 Findings & Recommendations, ranks the nation's 330 largest insurance companies on what they are saying and doing to respond to escalating climate risks.
Amid growing evidence that climate change is having wide-ranging global impacts that will worsen in the years ahead, Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey Report & Scorecard: 2014 Findings & Recommendations, ranks the nation's 330 largest insurance companies on what they are saying and doing to respond to escalating climate risks.
The report found strong leadership among fewer than a dozen companies but generally poor responses among the vast majority. Driverless cars: Milton Keynes pavements will be filled with driverless cars within two years. Driverless cars that can hit speeds of 12mph will be gliding along pavements and using sensors to avoid hitting pedestrians by 2015.
GPS technology will enable the battery-driven two-person “pods” to steer round objects, people and each other. Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “The number of cars in the world is expected to reach four billion by 2050, four times today’s number, so it is important that the UK is at the cutting edge of new technologies.
Ympäristöasioiden hallinta kuntien liikuntatoimissa ja valtakunnallisissa liikuntajärjestöissä - Valtion liikuntaneuvosto. Ruokapalvelut - Motivan hankintapalvelu. Ruokapalveluilla on merkittävä rooli elintarvikeketjun kestävyyden kehittämisessä.
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Thematic-guidance-2014.pdf. Kansallinen kestävän kehityksen strategia uudistettiin vuonna 2013.
Kestävän kehityksen toimikunta päätti perinteisen strategian sijaan laatia kestävän kehityksen yhteiskuntasitoumuksen ”Suomi, jonka haluamme 2050”. Yhteiskuntasitoumuksessa julkishallinto yhdessä muiden toimijoiden kanssa sitoutuu edistämään kestävää kehitystä kaikessa työssään ja toiminnassaan. _SmartSolutions.pdf. Ruokapalvelut - Motivan hankintapalvelu. Circular Economy – the way forward. In a resource constrained world, the move from a linear system, in which raw materials are used up, to a circular one in which they are reused, is an imperative.
The Nordic Prime Ministers’ green growth projects address this challenge and a number of new reports present concrete solutions in areas such as plastic and textiles, sustainable building and ecodesign. The latest results from the initiative were presented at Green Week in Brussels in June. By Michael Funch The EUs biggest environment event, Green Week in Brussels, this year focused on circular economy. The Nordic Council of Ministers contributed a number of projects from the Nordic Prime Ministers’ green growth initiative, as well as the new initiative NordBio. “The circular economy is the new order of things and we need to build stronger bridges between industrial and environmental policies,” said European Commissioner for Environment Janez Potocnik in his opening speech at the event on June 3.
Walk21 - Munich 2013 - Welcome to Walk21, City of Munich. Pitch for Nature. Environment - LIFE : LIFE Features. The 'R-URBAN' project (LIFE10 ENV/FR/000215) being carried out in Colombes, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, has a holistic, bottom-up approach to improving Colombes' urban resilience. Photo: LIFE10 ENV/FR/000215 With the help of the LIFE programme, it has created a network of resident-run facilities, with a range of actions involving local people aimed at enhancing ecological resilience, and has retrofitted the city according to the principles of 'recycle, reuse, repair and re-think'. The project manager Constantin Petcou says EU mechanisms such as LIFE are very useful in fostering urban resilience. He believes a harmonized European policy or guidelines on this and sustainable urban development are needed, though, to ensure more is done across Europe.
"Such a policy should be ambitious and clear," he says, but cautions that as well as setting targets and objectives it is important to create the opportunities to meet them. Cccr-report-demo.indd - cCCR-annual-report-FINAL_20140606.pdf. Environment - LIFE : LIFE Features. Dutch aWEARness. EcoProFabrics is a pilot project within the European Commission’s Eco Innovation programme. It is a first step to significantly reduce the environmental impact of textile production, by upscaling the production, distribution and exploitation of ‘Returnity© work wear’: an innovative 100% recyclable polyester-based fabric. Within this project, launching customers get a chance to test and evaluate the quality and performance of this revolutionary product. The objectives. c6ad4eee0e78ff7c9145953b2225ab5f. Biogas filling stations in Finland - Biokaasun tankkauspaikat Suomessa. All 21 public biogas filling stations in Finland are CBG100 stations, i.e. they sell 100 % compressed biogas (CBG).
All of them are automatic stations that are always open (but for two of them cash option is only available during office hours). They are shown by green markers on the map. Price of CBG100 in public stations varies between 1.205 and 1.505 euros/kg (0.80 - 1.00 euros/gasoline equivalent liter). There are five sellers of biogas in public filling stations: Metener (private company, 1 station, since 2002), Gasum (state company, 17 stations, since 2011), Haminan Energia (municipal company, 1 station, since 2013), Envor Biotech (private company, 1 station, since 2013) and Joutsan Ekokaasu (private company, 1 station, since 2014). Microsoft Word - Finland_fossil_fuel_subsidies - AAS-17.pdf. Microsoft Word - AAS-19 sid 1 - AAS-19.pdf. Valtioneuvoston tulevaisuusselonteko: kestävällä kasvulla hyvinvointia.
Report: 10 Cool Canadian Biodiversity Hotspots. For many people, the term “biodiversity” has inadvertently become synonymous with species diversity. However, scientists now understand that biodiversity encompasses more than just the number of species in a region. Previous models and mapping efforts have been overly focused on species diversity. This approach inherently favors warmer, tropical forests, which contain higher numbers of species packed into relatively smaller areas. Through understanding a more comprehensive definition of “biodiversity,” we see that forests such as Canada’s boreal forest gain substantial prominence—even more so when including broader conservation values such as the mitigation of climate change.
H2ouse.org. CASEBOOK - Lue tarinoita luovasta taloudesta. Leveraging Natural Gas to Reduce GHG Emissions. A comprehensive analysis by C2ES concludes that increased natural gas use can help reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in the near to medium term, but deeper long-term reductions will require broader deployment of other low-carbon energy sources as well. "Leveraging Natural Gas to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions" examines the climate challenges and opportunities posed by the current natural gas boom. GIZ (2013): Sub-national involvement in NAMA development. The vertically integrated NAMA (V-NAMA) project supports national governments of developing countries in their efforts to mobilise subnational actors for achieving national mitigation targets through cost-effective incentive packages and MRV systems.
This study was commissioned to inform the design of V-NAMA pilot programmes in their start-up phase by providing an overview of existing experience and emerging good practice of subnational involvement in NAMAs. It seeks to address two questions: What is the current evidence of the role of subnational actors in NAMA design and implementation?
An Introduction to Integrated Resources Planning. Integrated Resources Planning (IRP) is a public process in which planners work together with other interested parties to identify and prepare energy options that serve the highest possible public good. In the process, they establish scope, investigate options, prepare and evaluate integrated plans, select preferred plans, and establish mechanisms to monitor, evaluate, and iterate plans as conditions change. The IRP method was developed in the 1980s in response to repeated cases of power plants that were not needed and experienced serious cost and time overruns. In contrast to the limited choices considered in conventional power development planning processes, IRP considers a full range of power sector investments to meet new demand for electricity, not only in new generation sources, but also in transmission, distribution, and – importantly – demand-side measures such as energy efficiency on an equal basis.
Driving sustainable economies. Unfccc_redd_maps_11_2013.pdf. A long and winding road. International discussions on the governance of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Studies N°07/2013. Iddri, 2013. 42 p. States have been discussing the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction for decades. This debate was prompted by increased evidence of threats and new scientific discoveries regarding the richness of marine genetic resources. This article provides an analysis of current negotiations and future challenges in the perspective of an international agreement.
MRV Manual. English « Knowledge works. KMA is a provider of Knowledge Management founded in 2001 in Vienna, Austria. Home - Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, CAFF. Sinun maailmasi: Tervehdyssanat. Civil Society, Refuse to be Abused. Soon after I posted my previous blog on observer participation in the Green Climate Fund (GCF), this arrived in my mailbox via the Earth Negotiations Bulletin:…stakeholders felt let down by IPBES. Some said that whereas the platform seemed to acknowledge their potential valuable input, their participation was underemphasized at this meeting…. the inability to resolve the issue of the admission of observers left some wondering whether “observers should go on strike.” The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is a new panel that is meant to do for biodiversity what the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change does for climate change, by becoming the leading scientific body for assessing the state of the planet’s biodiversity, its ecosystems and the essential services they provide to society.
It seems to me that the IPBES observers have the right idea when they talk of going on strike. Hyvät käytännöt. ILMANKOS on järjestänyt 2009–2012 yli sata asukkaille suunnattuna tapahtumaa, muun muassa kokkasiltoja, asumisen energiainfoja ja villiyrttiretkiä. Tapahtumien teemat ovat asuminen, liikkuminen, ruoka ja kuluttaminen. Tavoitteena on tarjota tietoa ilmastonmuutoksen hillinnästä ja käytännöllistä apua hiilijalanjäljen pienentämiseen. Lapsiperheen-ymparistoopas-nettiin (2).pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) Liikennebiokaasu.fi. Ympäristö NYT - Ympäristö Nyt. Index. A New Blueprint for a Green Economy. Liikennekäärmepeli - Motiva. Publication:- CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion 2012 - Highlights (Pre-Release) Extreme Weather and Climate Change in the American Mind. 71861 (application/pdf-tiedosto)
Management of Environmental Quality information. Metsät tarvitsisivat enemmän huomiota kuntien ilmastostrategioissa - Kunnat.net. Working_paper_part1.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) 217181E.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) Ap403e.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) UN-HABITAT. Ashley Murray. MimosaBook. Greening the economy: Nordic experiences and challenges. Sharing what works. Briefing Paper - Fighting climate change: A structural shift towards renewable energies requires concerted policy action - The Finnish institute of International Affairs. Green LECRDS Guidance Manuals and Toolkits. Julkaisut. The Global Status of CCS: 2011. Bxl-greenmeetings-guide-final-www2.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) Home. Home. Helsingin ympäristötilasto. Kuuluvainen_Minna.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) David MacKay: A reality check on renewables. Expect the Unexpected. HUB_LearningToTackleCC_Hi.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto)
Guide to Copenhagen 2025. Charting a New Low-Carbon Route to Development. Preparing LECRDS - Executive Summary. Solutions. Fi.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto)
Water.