Full Coverage: Europe

06/29/2007 Entire cities may eventually have to be moved as Europe tackles global warming, according to a new European Commission report that sets out options for EU action in adapting to climate change across the continent.

06/29/2007 The new UK government and its European partners should atone for their failure to break the U.S. monopoly on the World Bank presidency by ending the "gentlemen's agreement" that allows them to appoint the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, say a group of British NGOs.

06/29/2007 UK development groups broadly welcomed the Cabinet changes ushered in by the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, as they outlined the areas in which they wanted action.

06/29/2007 Africa will be badly affected by climate change because it lacks policies to adapt, Britain's envoy on climate change for the continent said in Zambia.
From CRI

06/29/2007 Journalist Robert Fisk put the question: How could Blair - "this vain, deceitful man, this proven liar, a trumped-up lawyer who has the blood of thousands of Arab men, women and children on his hands - get a job as Middle East envoy?" Jan Oberg gives an answer.

06/28/2007 GENEVA, Jun 28 (IPS) - Global civil society leaders called on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) Thursday to use both international channels and their muscle on the ground for applying pressure on governments to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

06/28/2007 Europe has been urged to take collective responsibility for serious shortcomings in refugee policy "rather than stand by and watch people drown".

06/28/2007 Host Alexander Zevelyov brings trademark zeal to interviews with pop stars, debates over San Francisco streets, and the identity dilemmas of Russian immigrants.

06/28/2007 With close to 9 million Poles in the United States, it would seem a natural for young Poles to come here looking for work, but for various reasons, they are saying "Who needs America?"

06/27/2007 Until the aviation industry -- the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions -- pays the full price of carbon, it is being subsidised to pollute the planet, says a new report.

06/27/2007 Pakistan Perspectives features three playreadings of new plays from writers who live and work in Pakistan at London's Soho Theatre on 9, 10 and 11 July. The event was inspired by a desire to dramatise the experience of being Pakistani now.

06/26/2007 The official "household" of Britain's Prince Charles says it reduced its carbon emissions by 9 per cent last year, and aims to reduce emissions by at least another 12.5 per cent by 2012.
From Prince of Wales

06/26/2007 Il 16 giugno all’interno della campagna “Europa per la pace”, è stata realizzata a Torino una giornata per il disarmo nucleare e contro la guerra globale. L'iniziativa, organizzata da "Mondo senza guerre" e "Cantieri di pace" ha preso avvio con stand informativi di numerose associazioni. Sono seguite diverse conferenze tra cui quella di Massimo Zucchetti che ha aggiornato sulla situazione in Corea ed in Iran e sulle ragioni per cui lo scudo stellare causerebbe il superamento della cosiddetta "Mutua Distruzione Assicurata" (MAD) mettendo il pianeta sull'orlo di una possibile "guerra nucleare". Anche il premio Nobel per la Pace, Mikhail Gorbachev ha dato il proprio appoggio all'iniziativa "per attirare l’attenzione dell’opinione pubblica europea sul pericolo del ritorno della minaccia nucleare in Europa".

06/26/2007 Investment plans worth around $400 million were unveiled by three corporations today for the construction of a major bioethanol plant in Britain alongside a hi-tech demonstration plant to advance development work on the next generation of biofuels.

06/26/2007 More than 70,000 music fans signalled their commitment to action on climate change at this year's Glastonbury festival by signing up to the UK's "I Count" campaign against climate chaos.

06/26/2007 A leader of the Chagossian community - expelled from their Indian Ocean island home by Britain to allow development of a U.S. nuclear base - has attacked the UK government's decision to appeal against the third High Court ruling in their favour as “heartless and callous.”
+ Don't Appeal, UK Urged
+ Diega Garcia background
+ Islanders fight 'the final round'

06/25/2007 As one of the world’s biggest and most resource-hungry public sector institutions, the UK's National Health Service must brace itself for the health impacts of global warming and act urgently to reduce its significant carbon emissions, according to a new report.

06/23/2007

06/22/2007 Activists in Serbia have launched a campaign to pressure the Serbian government and international community to protect Serbian women who defend human rights.

06/21/2007 Three leading development groups blamed U.S. and European Union trickery and intransigence for the collapse of international trade talks today. Two of the organisations welcomed the breakdown.