Press releases 2008

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• Poverty reduction, climate change and biodiversity loss to be tackled as an integrated global problem

  With current trends international goals disappear out of sight: poverty and hunger will not be halved by 2015, global warming will exceed 2-degrees target and biodiversity will disappear at an increasing rate. Because of growth in population and consumption ... read more

  Press release | 22-07-2008

• China contributing two thirds to increase in CO2 emissions

  With an 8% national increase, China’s carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions accounted for two thirds of last year’s global carbon dioxide increase of 3.1%. China’s CO₂ emissions are now estimated to be about 14% higher than those ... read more

  Press release | 13-06-2008

• The Netherlands is unlikely to meet European nature obligations

  In the Netherlands, biodiversity has steadily declined during the past century. Over the last years, this decline has been gradually slowing down. The implemented nature and environmental policy is starting to have its effect, but this will probably ... read more

  Press release | 20-05-2008

• Responsibility greenhouse gas emissions of Member States shifts to European level

  National targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions will become less important when the proposals by the European Commission on Climate and Energy, released earlier this year, will be approved by the European Parliament and the European ... read more

  Press release | 23-04-2008

• Current biofuels do not add to the sustainability of transport

  The climate has more to gain from converting biomass into electricity, than to use it to replace petrol or diesel. Therefore, proposals to replace current transport fuels by biofuels are not the best investment in sustainability. This is shown in the ... read more

  Press release | 04-03-2008