The report highlights the collaborative action already happening between cities, states, regions, business, and national government, using data reported by over 1000 cities, states and regions through the CDP-ICLEI Unified Reporting System. Immediate action is needed to stop global greenhouse gas emissions, avoid new emissions, design resilient infrastructure and switch …
lab tool: A professor at University of Delhi has developed a new instrument that can measure the surface tension and viscosity of liquids together. The
Italy's garbage woes are nowhere near its end with Romania recently rejecting the possibility of accepting the excess garbage from Naples. Romanian environment minister Attila Korodi announced this on May 30. Italian cities have lately been littered with garbage due to a lack of sufficient landfill sites in the country. …
best space songs: The European Space Agency is holding a contest to see who can come up with the best playlist for astronauts on the International Space Station. The winner will have their 10 songs sent up to the Internatonal Space Station on an iPod when the Jules Verne Automated …
>> On April 16, the Anti-vivisection League, an animal rights group in Italy, asked Pope Benedict to stop wearing fur as a sign of respect for the "sacredness of all living species'. The Pope wears a red velvet hat trimmed with white ermine fur, known as "camauro'. They made the …
Another world www.worldmapper.org This website presents a view of the world based on different subjects of interest. From inequalities and injustices to natural calamities, it has a collection of world maps classified under various subjects. It shows
in a recent meet in Germany's Potsdam city on March 16-17, 2007, g8 countries and five other major developing countries agreed to launch the Potsdam Initiative aimed at preventing biodiversity loss due to climate change. It was for the first time that developing nations took part in the annual g8-ministerial …
More than 130 cities in northern Italy, including Milan and Verona, banned car traffic for several hours on the last Sunday of February. In Milan, the ban was for two consecutive Sundays. People walked, used public transport (whose frequency was increased) or opted for bicycles or roller skates. The length …
The Italian government has decreed that starting July 2007, new and old buildings being put on sale will need energy-saving certificates. The initiative is part of the government's efforts to cut energy consumption and trim CO2 emissions. As per the decree, new buildings are expected to boost energy savings by …
www.devcomm.org/worldbank/public.asp DEVELOPMENTTALK The first World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD) will take place from October 25-27, 2006, in Rome, Italy. Organised by the World Bank, the Food and Agricultural Organization and the Communication Initiative Network, the congress will bring together communication professionals engaged in development initiatives, policy- and decision-makers, …
netting laws flouted: Italian fisherfolk continue to flout the European ban on use of driftnets. A recent report points to loopholes in the Italian law as one the main reasons for this. The report demanded urgent action to stop illegal fishing of swordfish and tuna, and to protect cetaceans like …
the 200 million global consumers of aspartame, a sweetener, could be at high risk of contracting cancer, claims a recent study. Conducted by researchers from Cesare Maltoni Cancer Research Center of the European Ramazzini Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences, a non-governmental organisation in Italy, the study shows the sweetener …
November 16, 2005, saw the Alpine valley of Susa grinding to a halt to protest a proposed high-speed railway line from Turin in Italy to the French city of Lyon. The main concern of the valley community is pollution from the construction. The valley is already choked with a motorway, …
In the second week of June 2005, walls all over Italy were plastered with: "Life cannot be put to test. Don't vote'. The exhortations came from the Catholic clergy, which asked Italians to shun a referendum to repeal their country's law 40: a law banning embryonic stem cell research and …
Today, all wells have fallen to disuse and are capped with iron shields. A pipeline fetches water from 250 km away, feeding the network of taps (below: a public tap, with customary Venetian craft). But the water bill is steep. And what if water stops coming from 250 km away? …
Italy is trying new ways to reduce air pollution. On January 16, 2005, car traffic was banned for several hours in many Italian cities. People used public transport, bicycles and even horses to commute during the ban period. Many preferred to walk. Rome maintained a five-hour ban, starting at 10 …
The resistance to transgenic crops is growing in Italy. Of the 1,209 municipalities in the country's northern Piedmont region, 248 recently declared themselves free from genetically modified organisms (gmos ), according to Coldiretti, the Italian farmers' association. The number is expected to rise further, especially in the region's Turin province. …
