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The OECD’s latest economic survey of Turkey is published on Thursday 17 July 2008. It looks at the reforms needed to strengthen public finances, boost competitiveness and create jobs. The Survey includes the following chapters:New challenges facing the Turkish economy / Shifting to a pro-growth fiscal strategy / Monetary policy: facing the ch...

The European Commission adopted today a proposal for a regulation banning the trading of seal products within, into, and from the European Union to ensure that products derived from seals killed and skinned in ways that cause pain, distress and suffering are not found on the European market. Trade in seal products would only be allowed where guaran...

The Report is released by UNEP SEFI and New Energy Finance recently. The report provides an overview of capital flows and an analysis of the trends in sustainable energy investment activity. ...

COP 14 (The 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place on 1 – 12 December 2008 in Poland, is the most prestigious forum of political discussion in the scope of climate protection, attracting the attention of the entire world. ...

The amount of municipal waste per year is expected to grow by 25% within the European Union from 2005 to 2020, with striking differences arising between Member States. The implementation of European and national waste management policies, which aim to increase recovery of waste and divert waste away from landfill, plays a key role in tackling t...

As referring to the statement of the G8 on climate change and the environment made in Hokkaido, Japan, UN Secretary-General BAN-Ki moon called on G8 countries to agree to ambitious mid-term emission reduction targets for developed countries by next year in Copenhagen. ...

EU countries can charge operators of heavy goods vehicles for noise, congestion and air pollution caused by their lorries, under new commission plan. Lorries carry 73% of the goods transported by land in the European Union, but are harder on the environment than trains or barges. Trucks account for 90% of the environmental costs of all trans...

MEPs adopted legislation on including aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), all flights starting and/or landing in Europe (including intercontinental flights) to be included in the ETS from 1 January 2012. The reduction target to be calculated on the basis of airlines' average annual emissions between 2004-2006: in the first period...