CLIMATE

1.1. Financing crucial to next climate change pact: U.N.
1.2. UN Climate Chief: US Election May Help
1.3. UN climate change panel to focus on regional solutions
1.4. West must lead climate change battle: Pachauri
1.5. UN Climate Change Panel closes session in Budapest
1.6. UN chief warns of danger to human health caused by climate change

ENERGY

2.1. Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers - Presidency conclusions
2.2. Greenpeace attacks illegal nuclear subsidies

EMISSIONS

3.1. Market alone can't halt CO2 emissions: British climate official
3.2. Franco-German duo threaten dodgy deal on car emissions

CONFERENCES

4.1. Forum on Climate Change and Science & Technology Innovation
4.2. European Patent Forum 2008, 6/7 May 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Focus addressed a letter on sustainability criteria for biofuel production to the EU27 environment ministers.

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Ljubljana, 12. april 2008 – Ob srečanju evropskih okoljskih ministrov na neformalnem okoljskem svetu v Sloveniji, kjer so teme pogovora biotska raznovrstnost, biomasa in biogoriva, je Focus društvo za sonaraven razvoj opozorilo na pomembnost trajnostnih kriterijev za proizvodnjo biomase in biogoriv. Z opozorilno akcijo so izpostavili škodljive vplive proizvodnje biogoriv na okolje in družbo ter zahtevali stroge trajnostne kriterije.