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Biodiversity and ecosystem services at the heart of corporate accounting

Case study: BWB’s wastewater treatment plant in Berlin
After one year during which all glances were directed to climatic change issues, with its paroxysm at Copenhagen’s conference last December, 2010 will be the year dedicated to biodiversity. Attentions will this time be focused on the tools needed to stop its global homogenization.
Eager to respond to the [...]



Congress on urban resiliency : 28-30 of May 2010

ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) organises, in cooperation with the City of Bonn (Germany) and other organisations, the first congress on urban resiliency and adaptation to climate change “Resilient Cities 2010”.
The Congress will be held on 28-30 May 2010 in Bonn, Germany, preceding the UN climate talks in Bonn, which are scheduled for 31 May [...]



Towards a common international classification for ecosystem services

The European Environment Agency has launched a consultation towards a common international classification for ecosystem services (CICES), notably for the development of integrated economic and environmental accounting.  In this context, a working group composed of around 30 international experts met for a second time in Copenhagen from the 2nd to the 4th of December.
An electronic [...]