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July 7, 2017 9:14 AM
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Soft loans, subsidies and World Bank funding mean nations are ‘talking out of both sides of their mouths’ on climate, says report
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July 7, 2017 4:19 AM
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The EU must make sure everyone benefits from energy efficiency, and this means investing more in renovations, writes Miapetra Kumpula-Natri.
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July 6, 2017 12:18 PM
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The Commission for Environment, Energy and Climate Change (ENVE) of the European Committee of the Regions met in Tallinn today under th
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July 6, 2017 12:15 PM
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En Europe, 4500 réseaux chauffent 100 millions d’habitants dans 32 pays représentant 10% du marché du chauffage. L’importance des réseaux de chaleur est très variable d’un pays à l’autre
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July 6, 2017 12:13 PM
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Move by Emmanuel Macron’s government comes a day after Volvo said it would only make fully electric or hybrid cars from 2019
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July 6, 2017 12:11 PM
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Last week’s reflection paper on the Future of EU finances opened the debate on some potentially seismic changes. Reading between the lines, the Commission seems to recognise that it holds a wild card with the EU budget proposal, and that the Future of Europe debate will not actually resolve until the key architecture of the budget is sorted.
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July 6, 2017 12:07 PM
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Alors qu’à Bordeaux, les cantines utilisent des assiettes en plastique colorées depuis janvier, celles de Strasbourg vont abandonner les barquettes en plastique au profit de l’inox d’ici quatr
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July 6, 2017 11:59 AM
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Pour ce troisième et dernier volet de sa série consacrée aux résultats de l’étude qualitative menée à Dunkerque par l’association de chercheurs VIGS, Urbis le Mag s’est penché sur les incertitudes liées au passage à la gratuité totale du bus, prévue pour septembre 2018 : la gratuité participera-t-elle à rendre au centre-ville son attractivité ? Les craintes des habitants sur le financement du projet seront-elles apaisées ?
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July 6, 2017 11:50 AM
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Cette étude a pour ambition d’explorer les usages du crowdfunding par les collectivités locales en France : à quoi sert et peut servir cet outil ? Pour quels types de projet estil utilisé, et dans quelle mesure est-il utilisé pour des projets de développement durable ? Quelles sont les motivations des collectivités ? Quels sont leurs partenariats avec les plateformes ? Quels sont les obstacles et les difficultés auxquels elles font face ? Dans quelle mesure le crowdfunding réinterroge-t-il le rôle des collectivités locales ?
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July 6, 2017 11:46 AM
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1. Strengthening and reorientation of investment strategies Investment needs for sustainable infrastructure over the next two decades represent a once-in-a-lifetime transition. Rapidly scaling up low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure is key to sustainable development and inclusive economic growth and to meeting the climate …
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July 6, 2017 11:42 AM
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The G20 under the German presidency will meet on 7 and 8 July in Hamburg. In a context of tension, particularly following the announcement of the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, it is critically important that the Heads of State and Government – at least of the G19 and certainly no less – …
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July 6, 2017 11:38 AM
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Lancée ce mardi 27 juin 2017, la plateforme Végétalisons Paris fédère tous les acteurs parisiens pour développer de nouveaux espaces de nature e
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July 6, 2017 11:20 AM
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The European Commission's 'Clean Energy for All Europeans' package was the main theme of the meeting of the European Energy Council, whch took place on 26 June 2017, bringing together EU energy ministers, European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, and European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Cañete. Main results The Council adopted, without debate, a regulation on
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July 7, 2017 5:45 AM
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In the past decade, with the economic crisis and the transformation of welfare societies, NGOs, community organisations and civic developers – City Makers – established some of the most important services and spaces in formerly vacant buildings, underused areas and neglected neighbourhoods. Consolidating their presence in the regenerated spaces, these initiatives are increasingly looking into…
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July 6, 2017 12:19 PM
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Ever been too hot at work on a sunny June day? Too cold in your sitting room on a January evening? The energy performance of buildings affects all our lives directly, every day, writes Arianna Vitali.
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July 6, 2017 12:17 PM
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Europe in a changing climate
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July 6, 2017 12:14 PM
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Lorca, Spain, has put together its first sustainable urban mobility plan. What sets it apart is the extent to which citizens were involved in its conception.
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July 6, 2017 12:12 PM
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A week after the dockless, cashless Chinese bike sharing scheme hit Manchester, the Guardian’s North of England editor Helen Pidd is already hooked
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July 6, 2017 12:09 PM
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Confrontés à des processus de déclin avancés, les acteurs de Vitry-le-François ont élaboré une stratégie originale marquée par une acceptation de la
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July 6, 2017 12:07 PM
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L’ampleur des impacts environnementaux des activités humaines, à l’échelle planétaire, a conduit la communauté scientifique à émettre l’hypothèse d’un changement d’ère géologique. L’Holocène, qui a vu l’émergence et le développement des civilisations humai
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July 6, 2017 11:54 AM
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Born seemingly spontaneously out of a desire to create and manage shared spaces, Madrid's "citizen laboratories" are using new tools to build a new vision of how cities should be planned and run.
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July 6, 2017 11:49 AM
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"The need for a so-called “just transition” is acknowledged, away from carbon intensive activities, such as coal production and use. But what might a just transition look like in practice? What specific risks need to be managed and what are the best approaches to managing them? There is an urgent need to develop a deeper understanding of these issues.
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July 6, 2017 11:43 AM
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Atelier sur invitation – de 10h à 17h Les discussions se tiendront en anglais En Europe comme partout dans le monde, la réalisation des objectifs de développement d
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July 6, 2017 11:39 AM
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Toujours dans la continuité de sa politique RSE et pour répondre au défi du changement climatique, la RATP vient de lancer sa première émission d
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July 6, 2017 11:21 AM
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The Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) put the finishing touches on its comprehensive work on smart buildings, providing a working definition of a ‘smart building’ and making detailed policy recommendations to encourage their growth. The current negotiations on the Clean Energy for All Europeans package are a final opportunity to shape the European building stock of 2030. This latest intervention comes at a crucial point in support of those pushing for more ambitious policy and a genuinely smart European building stock of the 2030s.
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