Bunker Fuels under Scrutiny at Shipping, Climate Meetings	Greenhouse gases emitted by ships -- which carry the majority of the world's traded goods -- have recently come into the spotlight, and pressure is mounting for action to address the contribution to climate change from this sector. more.
Environmental Groups: Strong Sustainability Checks Needed for Biofuels	Environmental groups in Europe are concerned that measures to ensure the sustainability of biofuels will fail to do the job. Meanwhile, a panel established under the European Environment Agency has recommended that the EU hold off on its ten percent biofuels target. more.

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Debate on Sectorals Continues at Major Emitters Meeting WTO Committee Agrees to Consider Regions in Agricultural Disease Control Russia to Introduce New Timber Controls

Events    &   Resources
Events	5-18 April, Geneva, Switzerland: 17th MEETING OF THE PLANTS COMMITTEE. Organized by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Internet: http://www.cites.org/eng/news/calendar.shtml
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Resources	TRANSPORT REVOLUTIONS: MOVING PEOPLE AND FREIGHT WITHOUT OIL. By Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl (Earthscan, 2008). This book sets out the challenges to our growing dependence on transport fuelled by low-priced oil. These challenges include an early peak in world oil production and profound climate change resulting in part from oil use. It proposes responses to ensure effective, secure movement of people and goods in ways that make the best use of renewable sources of energy while minimising environmental impacts. Transport Revolutions synthesises engineering, economics, environment, organisation, policy and technology, and draws extensively on current data to present important conclusions. The authors argue that land transport in the first half of the 21st century will feature at least two revolutions. One will involve the use of electric drives rather than internal combustion engines. Another will involve powering many of these drives directly from the electric grid - as trains and trolley buses are powered today - rather than from on-board fuel. They go on to discuss marine transport, whose future is less clear, and aviation, which could see the most dramatic breaks from current practice. For further information see http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=1099
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