European climate risk assessment
The EUCRA report builds on and complements the existing knowledge base on climate impacts and risks for Europe, including recent reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, as well as outcomes of EU-funded research and development projects and national climate risk assessments. The knowledge in this first-of-its-kind assessment is synthesised with the aim to support strategic policymaking.
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Lancement de l’appel d’offres SWEET consacré à l’objectif de zéro émission nette
L’Office fédéral de l’énergie (OFEN) et l’Office fédéral de l’environnement (OFEV) lancent conjointement un nouvel appel d’offres dans le cadre du programme d’encouragement SWEET. Intitulé «Addressing Hard-To-Abate Emissions to Reach the Net-Zero Target of Switzerland», cet appel d’offres concerne les émissions de gaz à effet de serre difficilement évitables que génèrent l’industrie, les usines d’incinération des ordures ménagères (UIOM) et l’agriculture. Il dure jusqu’au 3 juillet 2024.
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Eawag schliesst sich der «Climate and Clean Air Coalition» der UNEP an
Das Umweltprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNEP) nimmt die Eawag als nicht-staatliche Partnerin der Koalition für Klima und Luftreinhaltung (Climate and Clean Air Coalition CCAC) auf. Die Eawag unterstützt die Koalition insbesondere mit Forschungsergebnissen rund um das Thema Emissionsreduktion von Sanitäranlagen, Abwasser und biogenen Abfällen.
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Nature-Based Climate Shelters in Schools: Empowering Teachers for Sustainable Education
The course presents the concepts of Nature-based climate shelters in schools and Urban nature-based solutions (NBS) through the prism of design thinking.
UN Environment Assembly advances collaborative action on triple planetary crisis
The sixth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) concluded on the 1 March 2024 in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to boost multilateral efforts to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
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