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Bunker Fuels under Scrutiny at Shipping, Climate Meetings
Greenhouse gases emitted by ships — which carry the majority of the world’s traded goods — have recently come into the spotlight, and pressure is mounting for action to address the contribution to climate change from this sector. At climate change negotiations under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bangkok,…
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ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS: STRONG SUSTAINABILITY CHECKS NEEDED FOR BIOFUELS
Environmental groups in Europe are concerned that measures to ensure the sustainability of biofuels will fail to do the job. Meanwhile, a panel established under the European Environment Agency has recommended that the EU hold off on its ten percent biofuels target. After an EU Council working party document on sustainability criteria…
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DEBATE ON SECTORALS CONTINUES AT MAJOR EMITTERS MEETING
In Brief On 16 April, US President Bush unveiled national plans for addressing climate change, timed to coincide with the third round of discussions on mitigation among ‘major emitters,’ a process the US has initiated. The major emitters meeting took place in Paris from 16-18 April. It brought together 17 countries…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar, http://www.trade-environment.org/page/calendar.htm. Coming up in the next two weeks 5-18 April, Geneva, Switzerland: 17th MEETING OF THE PLANTS COMMITTEE. Organized by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Internet: http://www.cites.org/eng/news/calendar.shtml…
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RESOURCES
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the Bridges staff to Malena Sell at msell@ictsd.ch. TRANSPORT REVOLUTIONS: MOVING PEOPLE AND FREIGHT WITHOUT OIL. By Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl (Earthscan, 2008). This book sets…