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Tag: environment

What is the state of the Earth’s environment?

Our research associate Nora Mzavanadze is part of the authors’ team for the 6th Global Enviroment Oulook (GEO-6) report – a global state of the environment report led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). She is back from the authors’ meeting at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and in this blog post she describes the raison d’être of such a report, explains the GEO process, summarizes the conclusions of the GEO-5 report and discusses the the novelties of the GEO-6 report.

environment, environmental assessment, environmental governance, environmental performance, GEO, GEO-6, global environment outlook, global environmental assessment, global environmental problems, science-policy interface, state of the environment, sustainability, sustainability transition, UNEP, united nations, united nations environment programme

Environmental transitions: Perspectives on everyday urban and regional transformation

Join us for this afternoon seminar in December, featuring several prominent speakers on questions of nature, community and everyday life as they relate to urban and regional change. The event will also involve a launch of the book ‘Communities in Transition’ by Saska Petrova.

environment, transitions

Panel Discussion – Beyond the ‘fracking’ polemic: Energy Futures and Vulnerability

A reminder for our forthcoming event …

community, Energy, environment, UK

New research findings published by the EVALUATE project team

Visitors to this site may be interested in a recent presentation that was provided by two members of the EVALUATE … More

Climate, environment, governance practices, science

Guest contribution: The challenges of switching away from district heating in Poland

This blog intends to provide a forum for discussing the broader political and social dynamics that underpin energy vulnerability. Therefore, … More

Climate, environment, heating, poland, thermal comfort, warsaw

Research in Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania

By Stefan Bouzarovski At the beginning of April I visited Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo as part of an initial research … More

albania, Energy, environment, kosovo, macedonia, urban

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