Links
This section provides interesting IA links and points to new websites, developments in IA and other news.
Reference Guide to Computer Modelling Measuring Air Pollution by EEA
Date:
27/09/2011
Excerpt:
The European Environment Agency has presented a new reference guide (FAIRMODE) on computer models measuring air pollution accross Europe. It aims at making existing models and their outputs more reliable and comparable. ... Newsletter by Intergovernmental Science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Date:
20/09/2011
Excerpt:
IPBES, the Intergovernmantal Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, has launched a new newsletter. The launch is linked to the first meeting of the platform which will take place in early October in Nairobi, Kenia. ... CLAMER: Climate Change and European Marine Ecosystem Research
Date:
20/09/2011
Excerpt:
CLAMER is a European Union 7th Framework Programme project Climate Change and Marine Ecosystem Research, involving 17 marine research institutes and universities from 11 European countries covering all regional seas. ... DERREG: Developing Europe's Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization
Date:
15/09/2011
Excerpt:
The DERREG ('Developing Europe's Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization') project aims to produce an interpretative model that will enable researchers and regional development actors to better anticipate and respond to the key challenges posed by globalization for rural regions. ... Global Green Economy Index
Date:
13/09/2011
Excerpt:
A preview of the 2011 Global Green Economy Index (GGEI), a robust analytic tool ranking expert perceptions of national green reputations against a new custom index of 37 datasets measuring their performance, has been released. ... Publication: Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change: Health
Date:
12/09/2011
Excerpt:
This joint publication of IIED and Irish Aid is part of a series that aims to clarify the links between the environment, climate change and key development sectors, and provide guidance on strategies available for mainstreaming the environment and climate change into national policies. This briefing focuses on health. SEI Paper: "Regional-Global Linkages in the Energy-Climate-Development Policy Nexus: the Case of Biofuels in the EU Renewable Energy Direction"
Date:
12/09/2011
Excerpt:
In this article, the biofuels components of the Renewable Energy Directive are evaluated – particularly the sustainability criteria – in terms of their relation to the EU energy strategy and the resulting effects on energy, climate, and development policy objectives. ... STREAM - Sustainable Technologies and Research for European Aquatic Management
Date:
08/09/2011
Excerpt:
STREAM - Sustainable Technologies and Research for European Aquatic Management, an EU-funded project dealing with the dissemination of water technologies research. ... New Factsheet on Sustainability by German Advisory Council on Global Change
Date:
06/09/2011
Excerpt:
The German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) has published a new factsheet, entitled "A Social Contract for Sustainability". ... IEEP Paper on EU Budget and Climate Change
Date:
06/09/2011
Excerpt:
This paper, by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), analyses the mainstreaming of climate change, biodiversity and resource efficiency in the European Commission’s proposals for the next EU budget. It underlines the positive elements that have been put forward but also raises a number of critical questions. ...