New Zealand, second big earthquake in less than six months

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND/ It was a normal midday in New Zealand when at 12:51 a 6.5 magnitude Earthquake shook the city of Christchurch located half way south of the Island. The shake had a 5 kilometers depth causing devastating consequences, big parts of the city were complete destroyed killing dozens of people.

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More pollution comes when winters are hard

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN/ Difference sin air pressure over the North Atlantic meant that the last two winters in Sweden have been extremely cold. This has led to the air in the northern part of the country being more polluted with nitrogen oxides than ever before.

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Children still at risk as renewed flooding hits Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA/ An islandthat was a British colony up to 1948, and located southern India, suffered extreme weather during the lastmonths of 2010 and the children is one of the most affected groups. World organizations continue to send all kind of supportto improve the situation to the regions affected by the floods.

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Guatemala se compromete con la naturaleza

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA/ Ministerio de medio ambiente guatemalteco estableció ConsejoTécnico de Cumplimiento Legal Ambiental en la Región del Caribe de ese país. Este organismo se conformó con el fin de descentralizar las acciones en pro del cumplimiento legal ambiental, generar proyectos conjuntos,nueva sinergias y atender de forma inmediata y efectiva las denuncias sobre el daño a la naturaleza.

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Green practices can act towards development and fight poverty

NAIROBI, WORLD/ Investing two per cent of global GDP into ten key sectors can kick-start a transition towards a low carbon, resource efficient Green Economy. The yearly average of the green business exceeds the 1.3 trillion dollars and helps in a direct way with the growing rates of the actual economy. The green business is more than a trend these days. Asia, Africa and Latin America are entering in the green path and investments in this field are growing exponentially. 

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Poland must comply with EU water quality legislation

LOUXEMBURG/ Poland has failed to inform the European Commission (EU) about the implementation of environmental quality standards for surface water legislation that is pretended to become a national law. The European Commission asks Poland to comply with this EU legislation. If no proper answers are received in two months the country will face the Court of Justice.

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Green Economy Report to be launch

NAIROBI, KENYA/ A New Blueprint for Green Growth "How Investing Two Percent of Global GDP Can Strengthen Economies and Fight Poverty" is being launched today Monday 21st in Nairobi. In the Headquarters of the United Nations Environmental Program the UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner will give a Press Conference.

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In response to biodiversity loss

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ Biodiversity loss is a growing concern. At least 17% of terrestrial and inland water and 10 % of coastal and marine areas have to be protected. In October 2010 the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity conference of the parties in Nagoya set protected areas as instrument to counteract. The big problem is to know if areas are under State protection as they might be. To reach this goal, the European organizations are helping decision-makers to find their way through the vast amount of information needed to give active response to save these zones.

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United Nations discusses to reduce planet risks

NEWYORK, UNITED STATES/ The 2010 was a devastating year with earthquakes, deadly floods, outrageous rains, dead and material losses. All these moved the United Nations (UN) to take action to reduce disaster risks starting now. The UN concluded recently, during a high-level meeting, that the most important thing to do against disasters is to build local resilience in urban areas. This must be done in order to prepare people when calamities or disasters are underway.

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Maritim sector must revise CO2 emissions

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ Transportation sector is in the eye of the emissions hurricane as one of the biggest polluters in the world. Many things are being done in shipping, but more actions are demanded to reach real progress in this field. The International maritime transport accounts for close to 3% of global CO2 emissions and by 2050 is expected to double its emissions.

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United States coasts will suffer with climate change

TUCSON, ARIZONA/ There are going to be 180 coastal cities that willsuffer water rising by 2100. Research on Climate change continues to give no encouraging results. Anew study says that Gulf and south Atlantic of United States cities will bedealing with this serious problem.The coastal municipalities the team identified had 40.5 million people living in them, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. Twenty of those cities have more than 300,000 inhabitants.

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The Danube región an opportunity to unite Europe

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ The Danube is one of the most important rivers in Europe and has enormous economic potential. As a reach region in biodiversity and water needs to be protected, too. The river goes across 14 countries in the Old Continent and proper strategies are required to move into a sustainable development. This Strategy will focus on eleven concrete priority action areas, such as the improvement of navigability, water quality, security cooperation and the opportunities for tourism.

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Africa´s water, a matter far from good practices

OSLO, NORWAY/ Since July 28 of 2010 it is a fact that access to clean and fresh water is a Human Right, but not all is being done to grant it. A study than ends in December 2013 shows that in many parts of Africa the management of scarce water resources is left to the local authorities. Actually all goes in accordance to water international standards but this practice seems to have a lot of trouble in the second most populated continent of the planet.

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Scanners at EU airports and a low-carbon energy system being discussed by parliament

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ A plenary session at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16, will be the place to take action in scanners and low carbon economy in Europe. Mercedes Bresso, president of the Committee of Regions, will attend the plenary session to give her recipe for the success of the Europe 2020 strategy. The EESC's stance on security scanners at EU airports and the EU's roadmap for a low-carbon energy system will be discussed at the upcoming plenary session of the European Economic and Social Committee on 16 and 17 February. 

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A future with 100% renewable energies is possible

GLAND, SWITZERLAND/ A 100 percent renewable energy is both achievable and imperative by 2050 said the international organization World Wild life Fund, WWF. This idea gets backing from leaders of several major companies, policymakers and opinion formers around the world. Global companies gave support to the WWF plans of a greener future reason why they became part of the “Clean Energy Ambassadors” program presented by the NGO.

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The year of the tiger finishes with compromises

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA/ The Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar comes to an end on February 2 having yielded big results for its namesake. All flooded from an unprecedented swell of public and government support to save tigers in the wild, including a historic global recovery programme. If all moves in the correct direction, more than 7000 tigers will be living after 2030, more as double as today. Just 50 Amur tigers are living in China right now and the new conservation strategies will bring him into life again.

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