Adaptation to climate change is a multilevel issue
Submitted by BEF Germany on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 13:09
We live in a changing world. The impacts of climate change will change landscapes and societies – to which degree is up to mankind. Given the disappointing wrangling over a successor agreement to the Kyoto protocol so-far, there is little reason for optimism that the 2°C goal will be met. The conclusion is that we should calculate with a 2°C warming and be prepared to exceed it.
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Does gender matter for energy efficiency and climate change?
Submitted by BEF LV on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 11:44
Ingrida Bremere and Daina Indriksone, Baltic Environmental Forum - Latvia
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Lithuanians have voted for a future without nuclear power. However, will the referendum decision prevail over political agenda?
Greenpeace/Vidmantas Balkūnas
Submitted by BEF LT on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 15:29
Gintare Jonusauskaite, Baltic Environmental Forum Lithuania, gintare.jonusauskaite@bef.lt
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Urban gardening in Saint-Petersburg: a hobby to be rebranded?
Submitted by BEF Russia on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 14:56
Urban gardening is a social phenomena that is increasingly attracting public attention in the context of sustainable city living.
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Tallinn on the way to free public transport
www.tallinn.ee, Delfi, Postimees/Scanpix
Submitted by BEF Estonia on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 17:04
In the beginning of 2012 the city government of Tallinn, Estonia announced that starting from beginning of 2013 there will be free public transport in Tallinn for citizens of the Estonian capital.
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Energy efficiency in Saint Petersburg – impressions from a short visit
Baltic Environmental Forum
Submitted by BEF Germany on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 10:37
When visiting Saint Petersburg, one can immediately see that the city is full of panel houses constructed in the 70s, 80s and 90s. The remaining housing stock consists of pre-war buildings and so called Khrushchyovkas from the 1960s which are brick-buildings with very small flats.
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Nice videos on how to save energy at home
Baltic Environmental Forum Germany
Submitted by BEF Germany on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 16:41
Recently the BEF group has finished the international project INTENSE — Intelligent energy saving measures for municipal housing in Central and Eastern Europe, which aimed at triggering comprehensive thinking about energy efficiency in 12 countries from Estonia until Croatia and transferring intelligent energy saving measures for municipal housing from “old” EU Member States to “new” Member Sta
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