Tag Archives: Energy and Climate
New project: European Environmental Pressure Index
Content of the project “Environmental Pressure Index” is the construction of a composite indicator that describes the pressure for the environment on EU territory. It will comprise the major strands of European environmental policy: climate change and energy use, nature and biodiversity, air pollution and health impacts, water use and pollution, waste generation and use [...]
Kick-off event LebensKlima-Finkenstein
The project opening event “LebensKlima in Finkenstein” [...] attracted over 100 citizens, politicians and representatives from tourism and business. They gathered on January 19, in the Dorfhotel Schönleitn in Finkenstein.
From March onwards, 15 citizens from the community will be guided by SERI in a Citizens Forum, to develop a vision for a good life in
New study published: soy granule – how sustainable it really is?
[...]On Monday, 13.12.2011 a recent SERI study was presented at a press conference. The aim of this study was to enable a serious comparison between the environmental sustainability of dry soy products and meat. Starting point is the high level of meat consumption in the industrialized countries which makes a significant contribution to the climate
Linking the Earth’s Future to Migration: Scenarios of Environmental Change and Possible Impacts on Forced Migration
Frühmann, J. and Jäger, J. (2010)
In: Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability (2010): 247-262
This chapter discusses how to develop scenarios of environmental change to estimate future migration flows that are forced by environmental degradation. The methodology as well as the examples presented here was developed in the EU-funded project EACH-FOR ( www.each-for.eu ). [...]
