Events: Environment and Climate Change Forum Series―Climate Change: A Global Challenge and Its Latest Situation organized by CUHK on 21 Aug 2013

Environment and Climate Change Forum Series―Climate Change: A Global Challenge and Its Latest Situation Date: Wednesday, 21 August 2013 Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Venue: LT-2, Ground Floor, Esther Lee Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Keynote Speakers: Mr SHUN Chi-ming, JP, Director, Hong Kong Observatory Panelists:     Dr Eddy Wai-choi LEE, Science Writer and Member of the Science Museum Advisory PanelProfessor...

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長春社: 廚餘酵素工作坊 (3 Aug 2013)

　 活動詳情： 日期：2013 年8 月3 日（六） 時間：下午3 時 - 下午5 時 地點：長春社活動室 (香港九龍青山道476號百佳商業中心1樓102室） 名額：25人，先到先得 收費：每位港幣HK$60 　 （請於活動日期前一星期完成繳費手續，繳費方法將另行通知） （長春社會員將可以優惠價港幣HK$55 參加，請於報名表格填寫會員編號） 參加辦法：把參加表格電郵至jennifer@cahk.org.hk下載報名表格 成功報名的參加者將於報名後一星期內以電郵確認，敬請留意。               　 查詢電話：2728 6781 (蕭小姐 / 鄧先生) 聯絡電郵：jennifer@cahk.org.hk For more...

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HK's Updates: Country park enclaves of Tai Long Sai Wan, Kam Shan and Yuen Tun to be incorporated into country parks (17 Jul 2013)

Country park enclaves of Tai Long Sai Wan, Kam Shan and Yuen Tun to be incorporated into country parks ************************************************************      For the purpose of incorporating the country park enclaves of Tai Long Sai Wan (Sai Wan), Kam Shan and Yuen Tun into their respective country parks, upon the depositing of the approved maps of Sai Kung East Country Park, Kam Shan Country Park and Tai...

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Chinese Updates: China Resorts to Judicial Protection in Green Push (22 Jul 2013)

China Resorts to Judicial Protection in  Green Push 2013-07-22 By putting an eco-court, an eco-procuratorial bureau and an eco-public security branch into operation earlier this year, Guiyang, capital city of an underdeveloped inland province, is leading China in building a justice system that involves all three arms of judicial forces to promote ecological progress. Serious pollution in the city led to the establishment of an environmental...

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Chinese Updates: China in Action to Ensure Safety of Drinking Water (22 Jul 2013)

China in Action to Ensure Safety of Drinking Water 2013-07-22 The Chinese government will enhance monitoring of drinking water sources, control poisonous contaminants and step up early warning mechanisms to ensure drinking water safety, an environmental official told an ecological forum that concluded on Sunday. Ling Jiang, deputy director of the pollution prevention department under the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that although...

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Chinese Updates: Tougher plan to reduce air pollution (25 Jul 2013)

Tougher plan to reduce air pollution Posted by Mingming Liu on 25 Jul 2013 Link (URL):  http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-07/25/content_16826713.htm Date:  Thu, 2013-07-25 China's environment watchdog recently issued its most comprehensive and toughest plan to control and in some regions reduce air pollution by the year 2017, setting stricter limits on the levels of PM 2.5 particles. Zhao Hualin, head of the...

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Events: Clean Air Ride-Manila organized by Clean Air Asia 28-29 Nov 2013

Clean Air Ride-Manila 28-29 Nov 2013 Objective The Clean Air Drive-Manila project promotes the use of non-motorized transportation options and alternative fuels to reduce emissions from vehicles. It provides an opportunity to present the concept of electric vehicles and alternative fuels in a public discussion forum.The Nissan Global Company Limited and CO2 Green Drive of the Danish Cultural Institute have engaged Clean Air Asia and...

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Conference: 4th Diesel Emissions Conference India organized by Integer from 8th to 10 Oct 2013

4th Diesel Emissions Conference India 8 to 10 October 2013 Integer’s 4th Diesel Emissions Conference India will provide a fundamental insight into India's current and future diesel emissions control legislation for both the commercial vehicle and non-road industries, including the impending CPCB-II regulation for diesel generator set engines, to ultimately improve air quality across the country. The conference will examine cost-effective...

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Publications: UNFCCC Releases Annex I GHG Inventory Documents on 15 Jul 2013

UNFCCC Releases Annex I GHG Inventory Documents 15 July 2013: The UNFCCC Secretariat has published the review of the individual annual submission of Portugal and the Czech Republic, as well as a synthesis report on 2013 greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories. In the report of Portugal's Individual Annual Submission Review (FCCC/ARR/2012/PRT), the Expert Review Team (ERT) concludes that Portugal's inventory submission has generally been prepared...

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Call for proposals: NAMA Facility Issues First Call for Project Proposals (Deadline: 2 Sep 2013)

NAMA Facility Issues First Call for Project Proposals 18 July 2013: The NAMA Facility, an initiative supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) of the UK, has launched its first call for project proposals with the aim of fostering implementation of developing countries' nationally appropriate mitigation actions...

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Chinese Updates: US, China Agree on Climate Change Mitigation Actions (10 Jul 2013)

US, China Agree on Climate Change Mitigation Actions 10 July 2013: The US and China agreed to five new action initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, focusing on: emission reductions from heavy-duty and other vehicles; smart grids; carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS); the collection and management of GHG emissions data; and energy efficiency in buildings and industry. A joint US-China...

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Forests: Near real-time deforestation monitoring system to go global (25 Jul 2013)

Near real-time deforestation monitoring system to go global Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.comJuly 25, 2013 A near real-time deforestation monitoring system will soon cover all the world's tropical forests, report the researchers behind the initiative.Terra-i — a collaborative project between Colombia's International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the Nature Conservancy (TNC), the School of Business and Engineering (HEIG-VD) in Switzerland,...

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PEGAsia Monthly Update – July 2013

PEGAsia Monthly Update - July 2013 I. Regional/Local Updates China Environmental Pollution Crimes to Be Severely Punished (20 Jun 2013) Plug the flow of e-waste (20 Jun 2013) Recycling the answer to China's junk dilemma (20 Jul 2013) One in 10 May Live in Climate Hotspots by 2100...

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