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2nd Global Risk Forum: One Health Summit 2013

Date: 
17/11/2013
Excerpt: 
The 2nd Global Risk Forum will be taking place in Davos, Switzerland in November 2013. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 16 June, 2013.
events

Lectureships in Sustainability

Date: 
20/06/2013
Excerpt: 
The Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University offers up to four Lectureships which focus on social and inter-disciplinary science. Successful candidates will contribute to undergraduate teaching and help to develop a post-gratuade programme on Sustainability.
funding

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

Greater Financial Stability for the UNEP

Date: 
21/01/2013
Excerpt: 
Reforms agreed in late December should secure the financial stability of the UN’s Environment Programme (UNEP) and could give it and the world’s environment ministers greater influence in international policymaking.
policies

Irish Presidency Backs EU 7th Environmental Action Plan

Date: 
09/01/2013
Excerpt: 
Ireland has unveiled its environmental priorities for its six-month presidency, which include among others an aggreement with MEPs on Europe's Seventh Environmental Action Plan (7EAP).
policies

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 Publishes New Environmental Action Programme (7th EAP) to 2020

Date: 
29/11/2012
Excerpt: 
The European Commission published its new Environmental Action Plan (7th EAP) on 29 November, 2012 which sets the EU’s policy priorities in this area until 2020.
policies

Environmental Policy

Date: 
24/10/2012
Excerpt: 
Although an economically oriented organization dedicated to the liberalization of trade, the European Union has nonetheless developed an extensive array of policies and institutions dedicated to protecting and preserving the Environment. This chapter explores explores the main dynamics of policy-making in the environmental sector. ...
publications

Environmental Policy: Governing by Multiple Policy Instruments?

Date: 
24/10/2012
Excerpt: 
This chapter sets out how the EU uses multiple policy instruments in its environmental policy. It seeks to answer questions such as, have the EU’s new modes and instruments replaced regulation, combined with it, or replaced it altogether?
publications

Researcher at the German Advisory Council on the Environment

Date: 
09/10/2012
Excerpt: 
The German Advisory Council on the Environment (Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen) is inviting applications for a position as Research Assistant starting as soon as possible. The deadline for applications is 9 October, 2012.
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