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Market reaction to building efficiency regulations
In spite of the debatable effectiveness of the EBPD, investors seem to have started reacting to building efficiency regulations. This means that regulations have a bearing on the investment decisions of financial institutions (e.g. pension funds). It is well known …
General overview on municipal waste generation and management
Eurostat has been collecting and publishing data on municipal waste since 1995. These data, which represents about 10% of total waste generation, are widely used for comparing municipal waste generation and treatment in different countries. The data on municipal waste …
Making the EU budget work for people and planet – citizens’ project awards
An event was organized by CEE, Friends of the Earth Europe, SF Team and The Greens from the EP this week on the topic of grassroots initiatives for better-spent EU funds. The Cohesion Policy funds are currently under discussion for …
Natura 2000: lobbying for a budget increase
A few days ago, I participated in a gathering organised at the European Parliament in order to raise awareness of the need to increase the budget for Natura 2000, centrepiece of EU nature and biodiversity policy. Speeches were given by the Commissioner for Environment, J. Potocnik, by the Vice-Chair of the ENVI Committee, Gerben-J Gerbrandy, by the Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau, Jeremy Wates, by the Director of the European Policy Office, WWF, Tony Long, and other distinguished guests.
Shaping space policies
Last week I had the opportunity to attend, for the very first time, a conference about space related issues. This topic has the tendency to draw attention from people who don’t have any particular expertise in this field, simply because we see all space-related endeavours as proof of human ingenuity and curiosity.