1. Poland: Climate Change and the Energy Crisis - Video
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

2. Poland: Climate Change and the Energy Crisis - Video
(Video Section/Tourism Videos)

3. UN Conference on Climate Change (COP15), Copenhangen, DK, 10.-12.03.2009
(Conferences/Past Conferences)

...e run-up to the COP 15. The purpose of the congress is to try and capture some of the enormous research energy currently being devoted to the elucidation, mitigation and adaptation to climate chang...

4. Adapting to Climate Change in Europe - Launching a public debate on 3rd July 2007
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

5. IATAL - Proposal for an International Air Travel Adaptation Levy
(TF: Airlines & Airports/Aviation Safety)

6. The Berlin Declaration on ... Sustainable Tourism
(Tourism & Environment/TF: Sustainable Tourism)

...fe viewing. Tourism activities which use environmentally sound technologies for saving water and energy, prevent pollution, treat waste water, avoid the production of solid waste and encoura...

7. Global Codes of Ethics for Tourism
(Tourism & Environment/TF: Sustainable Tourism)

...ent that are conducive to saving rare and precious resources, in particular water and energy, as well as avoiding so far as possible waste production, should be...

8. Scientists Seek Clues To Better Weather Forecasting
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

...on from surface weather stations, weather balloons, and radar provided by NCAR and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. Called the Cooperative Atmosphere- Surface Exchan...

9. TF & Carbon Offsetting
(Tourism & Environment/TF: Sustainable Tourism)

...et methods are in use — while tree planting has initially been a mainstay of carbon offsetting, renewable energy and energy conservation offsets have now become increasingly popular, and purchase and ...

10. Centre f0r Sustainability - Case Studies
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

C4S – the Centre for Sustainability - CASE STUDIES

11. Energy choices impact on ecosystems - and depend on them
(Globalization and Tourism Content/TF: Globalization- News)

...nservation Union urges UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) to recognise inter-linkages between energy, ecosystems and livelihoods.The World Conservation Union urges UN Commission on Sustain...

12. Cities Offer Own Response to Climate Change
(Globalization and Tourism Content/WorldWatch - News)

... and initiatives the mayor proposes?from charging drivers US$8 a day to enter Manhattan to increasing the energy efficiency of new buildings by 20 percent?are only a handful of the many local-level en...

13. Outlining the options for our energy future
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Climate Change News)

This report is a summary of the International Energy Agencys latest World Energy Outlook. It focuses on its Alternative Policy and Beyond the Alternative Policy Scenarios a deliberate distinction ai

14. Oil business and conservation work to protect Western Pacific Gray Whales
(Globalization and Tourism Content/TF: Globalization- News)

Sakhalin Energy and the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel, convened by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), have agreed to work together on seismic surveys and oil spill prevention. These are some of

15. Policy directions for governments, businesses and consumers to combat climate change
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Climate Change News)

... will allow to sustain economic growth while transforming the way society accesses, produces and consumes energy. It calls for the development and deployment of leading-edge technologies through partn...

16. Hydropower in China: Public Participation and Energy Diversity Are Key
(Globalization and Tourism Content/WorldWatch - News)

Since its founding in 1949, modern China has implemented hydropower as a priority strategy for its rapid economic development. In a country where the history of hydraulic innovation dates back to the

17. Canada, Kyoto and Economic Collaspe
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...Environment Canada study is flawed because it excludes the benefits of cutting emissions, such as reduced energy costs and a more stable climate, and because it limits access by businesses to internat...

18. Buildings Are China's Energy "Black Holes"
(Globalization and Tourism Content/WorldWatch - News)

Buildings account for nearly 30 percent of China’s energy use and are responsible for about a quarter of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the latest assessment on China&

19. No National Plans for Climate Change in North America
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...a car fueled by gasoline. Our workplaces, schools and recreation centers are huge consumers of oil based energy. Long after we have gone home they glow in the dark because lights, heating systems and...

20. Vancouver Island town sweetens pot for building green
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...lding “green.” The municipality will give priority to applications for housing projects using energy-efficient components. Victoria Times Colonist Related post: District of Squamish Ple...

21. Sustainable technologies in the energy sector
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Climate Change News)

This report discusses the need for a change in the energy sector towards sustainable technologies such as renewable energies sources and efficient decentralised cogeneration. It shows that a busines

22. Deforestation in the Developing World ?Out of Control?
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...imate change, forest landscape restoration, forest tenure, invasive species, wildlife management and wood energy are just a sampling of the subjects covered. State of the World?s Forests 2007 can be...

23. Spring Forward Environmentally!
(Globalization and Tourism Content/WorldWatch - News)

...nges often start with local action and small changes, but with topics like global warming and alternative energy in the news every day, now is the time to encourage policymakers to make commitments th...

24. Demand for Chinese Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Grows Overseas, Remains Dim at Home
(Globalization and Tourism Content/WorldWatch - News)

...acturers, who produce nearly 80 percent of the world?s supply of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), a more energy-efficient alternative. read more A recent European Union (EU) decision to phase out th...

25. EASA: SUPRANATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY LINKS
(TF: Airlines & Airports/Aviation Safety)

... Link-List: SUPRANATIONAL AVIATION SAFETY LINKS"  European Commission (DG Energy & Transport)  Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)  European Civil Aviation C...

26. Asian Aspirations for Climate Regime beyond 2012
(Tourism - Hazards, Desasters and Risks/Tourism and Climate Change)

...ly 2006) and South Asia (Delhi, 9-10 August 2006). Four specific themes of high relevance to the region – energy security and developmental needs, clean development mechanism, technology development a...

27. The Air We Breathe: The Environmental Costs of Transporting Goods Around the Globe
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...nvironmental activists’ radar screens. But that’s changing. The growing focus on climate and energy — along with such evergreen issues as biodiversity and air and water pollution &#...

28. Searching for more sustainable options
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

... and services. World-renowned economists like Sir Nicholas Stern are telling us that greatly reducing our energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is critical to having a healthy economy in the...

29. Take Action on World Water Day, March 22
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...sition on the right to water * Defending the Right to Water: Global water justice movement finds new energy and allies * Declaration on the Right to Water: Lesson Plan provided by the Counci...

30. Recycled Paper
(Tourism & Environment/Sustainable Tourism News)

...ter. The benefits of producing paper from recycled fibers are many: fewer trees cut down, less water and energy consumed, less pollution generated. And now that studies have shown today?s recycled pa...