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IMPACT Course on Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Date: 
17/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The International Health Impact Assessment Consortium (IMPACT) will be running its comprehensive HIA Training Course on 17 June, and again later in the year on 11 November, 2013.
training

From Acid Rain to Climate Change

Date: 
30/11/2012
Excerpt: 
The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was established in 1979 to control damage to ecosystems and cultural heritage from acid rain, initially in Europe. ...
publications

Commission Tackles Europe’s Industrial Decline

Date: 
11/10/2012
Excerpt: 
The European Commission has set a new target to increase the share of manufacturing in the EU's GDP to 20% by 2020. This objective was published in a commission communication on industrial policy on Wednesday 11 October. ...
policies

Conference on "Health. Development. Inequality. Economic Modelling Of How Health And Inequalities Shape Development."

Date: 
01/06/2012
Excerpt: 
The goal of the conference on "Health. Development. Inequality. Economic Modelling Of How Health And Inequalities Shape Development" is to bring together international scholars working on aspects of the health and development nexus for exchange of ideas and discussion of recent results within theoretical and applied economic research. ...

15th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production

Date: 
02/05/2012
Excerpt: 
ERSCP 2012 is entitled ‘SCP (Sustainable Consumption and Production) meets Industry’ and will take place 2-4 May, 2012 in Bregenz, Austria. The call for papers of the 15th ERSCP in 2012 places special emphasis on intense and vivacious dialogue between research and business, which is illustrated by the motto "SCP meets industry".

Air Pollutant Emissions Exceeded in 2010

Date: 
22/02/2012
Excerpt: 
The European Environmental Agency (EEA) reports that twelve member states exceeded one or more of the emission limits set by the EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive in 2010.
policies

New EEA Report: Revealing the Costs of Air Pollution from Industrial Facilities in Europe

Date: 
30/11/2011
Excerpt: 
This European Environment Agency (EEA) report assesses the damage costs to health and the environment resulting from pollutants emitted from industrial facilities. It is based on the latest information publicly available.
policies

Assistant Professor in International Environmental Sociology at Syracuse University, NY

Date: 
07/11/2011
Excerpt: 
The Department of Sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin Fall, 2012. They seek a scholar with a strong programme of research in international environmental sociology. ...
funding

Team Leaders In Climate Modelling On Co-Benefits Through Measures to Reduce O3 and BC Pollution in the Face of Urbanization

Date: 
31/10/2011
Excerpt: 
The new Cluster SIWA is conducting trans-disciplinary research on ways to reduce the impacts of mankind on the atmosphere. Small project teams are being formed to focus on this topic. These teams will be embedded in a larger cluster of fellows working on related topics. For each of these teams, the SIWA cluster is seeking a Project Team Leader. ...
funding