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The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity. This will help raise public awareness of the many facets of biological diversity. Throughout the year a host of international, national and local events and actions on biodiversity will take place all over the world. The International Year of Biodiversity was launched with an official ceremony in Berlin on 11 January.
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Study: Export of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
More than 155,000 tonnes of what is sometimes hazardous electronic waste are exported annually from Germany to non-European destinations, a volume which includes some 50,000 tonnes of PC and television monitors alone. [
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Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Bali
At the end of the Global Ministerial Environment Forum Federal Environment Minister Dr Norbert Röttgen stated: "I welcome that the UNEP Governing Council has agreed to develop concise proposals on how to organise international environment policy much more efficiently." [ more]
Important step in international climate negotiations
By the end of January 55 countries submitted their national climate protection targets to the United Nations. The list of countries has now been published by the UN Climate Secretariat. [ more]
Germany met Kyoto climate commitments
Germany met its climate protection target under the Kyoto Protocol in 2008 and remains a leader in international climate protection. [ more]
Trend reversal in biodiversity conservation needed
Ursula Heinen-Esser, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Environment Ministry, opened the 6th Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity in Norway on 1 February 2010. [ more]
Old Beech Forests: Unique and Outstanding
On 29 January 2010 Germany submitted the nomination of the outstanding German beech forests for inclusion into the UNESCO World Heritage List. [ more]
Way cleared for IRENA Centre of Innovation in Bonn
With its decisions on the 2010 work programme and budget, the third meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi has cleared the way for setting up the IRENA Secretariat in Abu Dhabi and the IRENA Centre of Innovation and Technology in Bonn. [ more]
Ceremony launches the International Year of Biodiversity 2010
On 11 January 2010, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Achim Steiner and other prominent guests launched the International Year of Biodiversity at the Berlin Museum of Natural History. [ more]
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Press review
Cabinet backs cuts to solar power subsidy
(The Local, 3 March 2010)
EU aid control policy
Low emission zones
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