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12.10.2004
12.10.2004 Die Umweltpolitik ist einer der wenigen Bereiche, in
dem die amerikanischen W�hler dem demokratischen Kandidaten John Kerry mehr
vertrauen als ihrem Pr�sidenten George W. Bush. Die Frage ist nur, ob es Kerry
hilft oder schadet ... In einem Punkt aber treffen sich die beiden Kandidaten:
Das Klima-Protokoll von Kioto wird nach der Wahl von keinem der beiden
unterzeichnet werden ...
http://www.ftd.de/pw/in/1095597909931.html?nv=hpm
Oct. 11, 2004 The second
Israeli-Palestinian Conference on Water for Life in the Middle East opened on
Sunday in Antalya, Turkey, with the participation of leading experts on water.
The conference, which ends on Thursday, is tackling the issues of how to
provide sufficient reliable fresh water supplies to residents of the region now
and in the future, especially in light of dwindling resources ...
BEIJING,
Oct. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Vice Minister of Water Resources Zhai Haohui says China
will solve drinking water problems in some remote and poor rural areas one year
ahead of schedule. China had originally planned to solve the drinking water
problem for over 50 million people by the end of 2005 ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/11/content_2075326.htm
Suez gewinnt Auftr�ge in China
11.10.2004�� Wie der franz�sische Versorger Suez S.A. am Montag mitteilte, hat
er in China mehrere Abkommen geschlossen, darunter einen Wasser-Auftrag �ber 25
Jahre, einen 30-Jahres-Vertrag zur M�llentsorgung und eine
Universit�ts-Partnerschaft bis 2008 ...
http://finanzen.net/news/news_detail.asp?NewsNr=229082
�LebensMittel Wasser� lautet das Motto der 46. Aktion
�Brot f�r die Welt�, die am 1. Advent in Speyer er�ffnet wird. Gastgeber der
Er�ffnungsfeierlichkeiten ist in diesem Jahr das Diakonische Werk Pfalz, das
vom 26. bis 29. November zu einem Festwochenende einl�dt ...
http://www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/ueber-uns/index.php?/ueber-uns/363_3564_DEU_HTML.php
VERANSTALTUNG
Tagung: Klima�nderung
und K�stenschutz
29.
und 30.11.2004 in Hamburg
GROSSBRITANNIEN
- FLOOD RISK INFO
October 07, 2004
The environment agency has released an interactive online map of flood risks,
with an integrated flood warning system, for the entire country �
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39169434,00.htm
PM der britischen Liberalen: 07/10/2004 FLOOD RISK INFO ESSENTIAL FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE
Commenting
on the launch of an online map to tell homeowners about flooding risks in
England and Wales, Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary,
said: �� The Environment Agency is right to release this information to the
public, who need to know where the flood risks are ��
http://www.libdems.org.uk/index.cfm/page.homepage/section.home/article.7557
Bezugsdokumente:
u Environment Agency - Floodline
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/826674/
u Flood Estimation Handbook
http://www.nwl.ac.uk/ih/feh/index.html
AGENTUREN
u UK � Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
CEH is the UK�s Centre
of Excellence for research in the terrestrial and freshwater environmental
sciences � parent organisation is the UK Natural Environment Research Council �
Water - � our Mission is �
to significantly improve our understanding of the processes that determine
water flows and water quality, in order to assist in the sustainable management
of catchments and their water resources �
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/science_topics/water.htm
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/products_services/software/index.htm#hydrology
u UK - Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
NERC provides
independent research and training in the environmental sciences � to gather and
apply knowledge, improve understanding and predict the behaviour of the natural
environment and its resources �
Programme:
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/publications/strategicplan/
NERC
Strategy -Developing the next strategy
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/aboutus/planning/strategy/nextstrategy.asp
Herzliche Gr��e von der Elbe
J�rg Barandat
http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html