Full Coverage: Environment

30.06.2005 "For our insurance business, climate change is increasing the potential of property damage at a rate of 2 to 4 percent per year," said the CEO of a UK-based subsidiary of Allianz Group Wednesday, as his company announced a new partnership with WWF to combat climate change, calling on G8 leaders to set out a clear plan of action to address the issue.

30.06.2005 The world's eight richest nations, or the G8, represent 13 percent of the world's people but are responsible for 45% of the world's carbon emissions. Leaders at the G8 Summit in Scotland need to wake up to the fact that time is running out to tackle climate injustice, says Friends of the Earth International, calling on individuals and groups throughout the world to ring bells on July 7 at exactly 13:45 (Scottish local time).

29.06.2005 The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) has teamed up with Italian NGO L'Umana Dimora Onlus to add years of practical EU experience to its Training for Young Environmental Leaders programme. The programme provides advanced training in organisational development, project management and environmental topics in a stimulating international atmosphere.

29.06.2005 Overcrowded classrooms gave birth to the School of Environmental Studies--an alternative high school in a suburban U.S. town. Situated on a 12-acre site at the Minnesota Zoo, students use the zoo and surrounding 3000-acre regional park as classroom and living laboratory, learning from a curriculum geared to making them stewards of the environment.

28.06.2005 The Danube Day, July 29, is international manifestation with many different events are organized in all 13 countries along the Danube River, designed to attract the attention to the need for protection of the Danube and its waters. Events will be organized under the Danube Day observance, with the aim to encourage the states, communities and organizations to cooperate in taking action to protect the rivers in the area.

27.06.2005 A Congressional vote on CAFTA is likely this week. Don't let the mistakes we've learned from NAFTA be repeated with CAFTA, says Global Exchange, offering eight easy ways you can declare independence from trade agreements that profit corporations and marginalize working families.

27.06.2005 The recent meeting on technology options for disatser management was held in Bangkok from 22 to 24 June, 2005 under the auspieces of UNESCAP.

27.06.2005 The World Bank said Thursday that it was giving Albania a US$17.5 million (euro14.45 million) loan to clean up its coastal area. The loan, to be used over seven years, is to protect Albania's coastal natural resources and cultural assets and promote sustainable development of the Albanian coast.

27.06.2005 MaNgo is an environmentalist NGO and media network. The goal of the network is to exchange information, with the goal to raise the awareness of the B&H citizens on importance of environmental protection.

27.06.2005 The G-8 summit will focus on two global problems that have long been at odds--poverty and global warming. But an innovative plan led by Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica shows how poor countries can commit to greenhouse gas limits while promoting development--by providing them market incentives to maintain the environment.

24.06.2005 The thought of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is enough to spoil the weekend for most OneWorld readers. SUV owners feel much the same about the criticism they incur. The two sides shape up in this debate.

24.06.2005 The Indian government has taken steps to ban the blending of MMT, a manganese-based deadly octane enhancer, in petrol as it damages the brain and also harms emission control components in vehicles. New Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Science and Environment, has alleged that though it was banned in Canada and the US, the MMT business had just about begun to shift its base to Asia and Africa.

24.06.2005 Wangari Maathai, founder of the famous Greenbelt Movement and African Nobel Laureate, lay her wisdom upon the U.S. NGO community recently. "Unless we manage resources more equitably, we wonÂ’t have peace. To do that there has to be democratic space," she told a Washington, D.C. gathering.

24.06.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jun 24 (OneWorld) - Wangari Muta Maathai, 2004's Nobel Peace Prize winner and the first African woman bestowed the prestigious award, told representatives from non-governmental organizations here recently that a stronger commitment to environmental conservation can help build peace and greater prosperity in Africa.

23.06.2005 “Volujica” environmental NGO protested, on Wednesday, June 22, the poor performance by the Bar Municipality Legislative Commission in the processing of the civic initiative for a local referendum, submitted by the citizens of Old Bar community, on the future location of a waste dump of Bar and Ulcinj municipalities.

23.06.2005 The Centre for Environment Education (CEE), an autonomous NGO of the Indian government is reaching out to schools all over the country with environmental education. One of its programmes - National Environment Education Programmes for Schools (NEEPS) - is run in collaboration with a number of partners all over India.

22.06.2005 Nigerian communities have brought legal action against the government, the state petroleum company, and foreign oil corporations--including Shell, Exxon, Chevron, Total, and Agip--for violating environmental regulations and putting local citizens at risk from toxic chemicals in gas flares.

22.06.2005 Two weeks ago, world scientists called for greenhouse gas reduction, warning delays would be costly. But a leaked draft shows President Bush will discourage the G-8 from taking a stand on climate change: the White House deleted statements that global warming has already begun, was caused by human activity, and is a threat to human health and ecosystems.

22.06.2005 If you have seen the condition of parts of the coastline along the west of Scotland, you will understand why the Scottish parliament is proposing a tax on the use of plastic bags. A similar tax in Ireland has been successful.

21.06.2005 After a year and a half of waiting, the “Eko-Misija” environmental association finally received the information it sought from the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, under the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Free Access to Information on Environmental Issues.