Ljubljana/Bruselj, 5. december 2006 – Primerjalni analizi o načrtovani porabi sredstev iz EU skladov kažeta, da Slovenija ni dodobra izkoristila priložnosti za financiranje trajnostnega razvoja iz teh skladov. Nevladne organizacije ocenjujejo, da obstaja velik potencial za prerazporeditev prioritet na področja trajnostne rabe energije in trajnostne mobilnosti.

ENERGY AND EMISSIONS
1.1. EU tries to combat climate change with tough CO2 cut
1.2. Commission tells Members States to cut emissions
1.3. Europe accepts its role as the green pioneer of the world
1.4. New IDB sustainable energy and climate change initiative
1.5. Justices’ First Brush With Global Warming

CLIMATE IMPACTS
2.1. Expert Warns China to Act or Suffer Consequences of Climate Change
2.2. Warmer oceans storing climate change dangers
2.3. New Crops Needed to Meet Climate Crisis

PUBLICATIONS
3.1. Achieving GHG Emission reductions in Developing Countries Through Energy Efficient Lighting Projects in the CDM
3.2. Overcoming the barriers: mainstreaming climate change adaptation in developing countries
3.3. Impacts of Climate Change in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta
3.4. Urban Sprawl in Europe - The ignored challenge

ANNOUNCEMENT
4.1. Invitation for comments – 2 JI projects in Turkey

ENERGY AND EMISSIONS
1.1. Portugal to Invest 354 Million Euros to Meet Kyoto
1.2. Danish Vestas Shares Soar as Wind Power Market Booms
1.3. Secret plan to impose EU-wide carbon limit - Industry commissioner urges introduction of unilateral emissions target by 2020
1.4. China to Start Building 6 GW Hydro Plant
1.5. EU ministers dodge commitment to cut energy waste - Empty words from EU Energy Council on increasing energy efficiency

CLIMATE IMPACTS
2.1. Climate Change may affect Delivery of WFD objectives

CONFERENCES
3.1. 3rd Austrian JI/CDM Workshop

PUBLICATIONS
4.1. UNEP publishes simplified guides to IPCC reports on CCS and HFCs
4.2. New FEEM Working Paper on the Effect of the EU ETS
4.3. Choosing a forest definition for the Clean Development Mechanism

ANNOUNCEMENTS
5.1. NASA scientist wins WWF conservation medal
5.2. New website on forestry

Pogajanja ZN o spremembi podnebja v Nairobiju so se končala z večinoma nezadovoljivimi rezultati in le skromnim napredkom v okviru Kjotskega protokola. Podnebne spremembe morajo postati najvišja prioriteta vlad, če resnično želimo preprečiti katastrofalne posledice.