25 August, 2010
Local Sustainability Newsletter - September 2010
This is the September 2010 edition of the Local Sustainability Newsletter
which is designed to provide a platform for information sharing for
local authorities and communities on best practice on local
sustainability.
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24 August, 2010
Comhar SDC Report- Creating Green Infrastructure for Ireland
Comhar have launched a research report focusing on Green Infrastructure,
entitled ‘Creating Green Infrastructure for Ireland’. The report sets
out a broad definition of Green Infrastructure and explores and proposes
an approach and a set of principles that should be followed in Green
Infrastructure planning.
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24 August, 2010
Pamphlet- Green Infrastructure
This leaflet provides background information on a Green Infrastructure
approach. It first outlines the benefits for biodiversity, and then
explores how Green Infrastructure can help us adapt to climate change,
and provide economic, social and health benefits. The final section
offers more detail on the Comhar research report ‘Creating Green
Infrastructure for Ireland’.
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20 August, 2010
Chairman's Commentary- Sustainability and Buttermilk Pancakes
In his latest article, Professor Frank J. Convery, Chairperson of Comhar Sustainable Development Council, asks the question what does it take to create new business ideas, and convert them into activity on the ground?
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09 August, 2010
Biodiversity and Ecosystems – Ireland’s Undervalued Economic Assets
Recently Comhar Sustainable Development Council (SDC) hosted a conference on the global study ‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)’. This major international initiative aims to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity; to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward. In the latest commentary from Comhar SDC, guest commentator Dr. Cathy Maguire – Director of Research with Comhar SDC – looks at how biodiversity and ecosystems are an undervalued economic asset for Ireland.
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23 July, 2010
Chairman's Commentary- Sustainability and Gratitude
In
his latest article, Professor Frank J. Convery, Chairperson of Comhar
Sustainable Development Council, looks at the importance of funding
research and the need to produce a payback that benefits Irish society,
especially in difficult times.
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12 July, 2010
Chairman's Commentary- Cities and Sustainability
In his
latest article, Professor Frank J. Convery, Chairperson of Comhar
Sustainable Development Council, discusses how cities, as hubs of
creativity and innovation can be sustainable and resiliant through smart
management.
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28 June, 2010
Chairman's Commentary- Governance and Sustainability
Governance is about how we manage our affairs, at the level of the
individual, the family, the company, the community and the planet. When
governance is good, it goes unremarked, and seems indeed unremarkable.
But when it is bad…
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14 June, 2010
Chairman's Commentary- Gulf Gushing and Sustainability
In
his latest article, Professor Frank J. Convery, Chairperson of
Comhar Sustainable Development Council, explores the impact of oils
spills and our reliance on fossil fuels.
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04 June, 2010
Comhar SDC The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Conference
Comhar SDC would like to invite you to attend a conference on The
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity on the 24th June 2010.
The
Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major
international initiative to draw attention to the global economic
benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity
loss and ecosystem degradation, and to draw together expertise from the
fields of science, economics and policy to advance practical action to
address the biodiversity crisis.
The conference will commence at 10.30 am in the Clarion Hotel, IFSC,
Dublin and the draft Conference Programme is attached. TEEB team members
will present their findings in a plenary session. This will be
followed by workshop sessions which will consider the transferability of
TEEB approach, findings and recommendations to Ireland and produce
recommendations and ideas for next steps.
In order to reserve a
place at this conference, please complete the Conference Registration Form in the Events section of the website. The closing date for receipt of completed Registration Forms is Friday
11th June 2010. As places are limited, please register before this date
to secure a place.
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