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US-Wahlkampf mit B�umen, Klimaschutz und Wasser

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

 

Israeli, Palestinian water experts meet

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 ...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1097468033181&p=1006688055060

 

Clean drinking water available for those in need

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

 

 

Brot f�r die Welt

�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

http://kliku.gkss.de/

 

 

GROSSBRITANNIEN - FLOOD RISK INFO

 

Environment agency expands online resources

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

 

HINTERGR�NDE

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 �

http://www.ceh.ac.uk/

 

Programme:

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 �

http://www.nerc.ac.uk/

 

Programme:

Science for a sustainable future 2002 - 2007

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

 

 

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