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A New Flightplan: Getting global aviation climate measures off the ground

When?: 
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 10:00 to 16:00
Where?: 
Norway House
Rue Archimède 17
1000  Brussels
Belgium
Tackling aviation climate change is one of the great political challenges of the moment. This conference aimed to look beyond the current headlines concerning the EU-ETS and examined the why, how and who of a global aviation climate regime.  World experts on the issues set out the latest science on aviation’s climate impacts, examined the policy options and looked at how these could be tackled on the global level.  

Seminar on slow steaming and speed limits for shipping

When?: 
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 09:30 to 16:30
Where?: 
EUROCITIES
Square de Meeûs 1
B-1000  Brussels
Belgium

Setting mandatory global and regional speed limits for shipping is legally and technically feasible and does not require major administrative and economic burdens for enforcement. Reduced speed results in dramatic reductions in ship emissions - CO2, air pollution and particulates - and does not pose technical, operational or safety dangers. These were the main conclusions of a 4 October seminar on ship speed limits organised in Brussels by Transport & Environment and Seas at Risk.

Keep tar sands out of Europe

Tar sands are one of the most polluting ways known to man for producing transport fuel. They also represent a huge climate change threat for our planet and are causing an ecological disaster in Canada, the top tar sands exporter and producer in the World.

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