This is the tag for all posts relating to climate change.

Thematic dossier n°19 on Climate change – Winter 2008

8 December, 2008 By Editor

Climate change Table of contents: Editorial: Håkan Sandgren, President of AER’s ‘Economy and Regional Development’ Committee, County Councillor, Jönköping (S) A climate package for Europe Thinking in tandem: AER’s climate change working group Interview: Annemarie Moons, regional minister for Noord-Brabant (NL) and coordinator of the AER working group on climate change Climate Change: A Global Challenge. AER teams up with United Nations to ... Read More

AER-UNDP Limoges Declaration

30 March, 2009 By Editor

This declaration has been drafted in March 2009 at the end of a joint AER-UNDP conference hosted in Limoges and bringing European regional politicians together with their regional and state-level counterparts from Burkina Faso, Senegal, Morocco and Cameroon, along with civil society representatives, experts and academics from across Europe and Africa and state-level counterparts from Burkina ... Read More

AER-UNDP conference: European regions and African territories strengthen co-operation on climate change

31 March, 2009 By Editor

AER-UNDP conference: European regions and African territories commit to strengthening co-operation on climate change Limoges, Limousin (F), 31 March 2009.

Limoges, Limousin (F), 31 March 2009. Decentralising and strengthening co-operation between the European regions and African territories can play a vital role in tackling climate change, a conference organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) heard today. Hosted in Limoges by the AER member region Limousin (F), ... Read More

AER hosts panel discussion of European political groups and regional politicians

5 May, 2009 By Editor

Regions’ cross-examination of EP leaders “long overdue” Strasbourg (F), 5 May 2009. The European Parliament’s political groups last night faced a “cross-examination” hosted by the Assembly of European Regions (AER), Europe’s largest organisation of regional authorities. Moderated by EU Observer’s Lisbeth Kirk, the panel discussion and audience Q&A brought together regional politicians and students to ... Read More

Regions pursuing innovative energy solutions with another MORE4NRG seminar

7 May, 2009 By Editor

Valencia (E), 7 May 2009. Getting the right energy mix, moving on to higher energy efficiency and cutting down on energy consumption have been recognized by the European Union as the key measures to successful environmental management. In addition, the ambitious “3×20%” objective aims to shield Europe from potential energy breakdowns and to provide it ... Read More

First European Regions Energy Summit by AER and GE Energy

26 May, 2009 By Editor

First European Regions Energy Summit Cologne 2009

AER and GE Energy come together to foster Europe’s future green energy plans on a regional level Cologne, PowerGen Europe, 26 May 2009 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) and GE Energy launched European Regions Energy Day, a joint initiative to examine the energy challenges facing European regions today and to promote their possible solutions. The ... Read More

AER calls on all European citizens to vote at EU elections

26 May, 2009 By Editor

Strasbourg (F), 26 May 2009 The Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) president, together with the presidents of all AER member regions, are mobilising European citizens to vote at the European elections taking place in June. With the European legislative elections approaching, AER’s member regions are mobilising citizens to vote. Beyond partisan oppositions, the European elections ... Read More

AER answers two burning questions in the fall out to the European Elections

10 June, 2009 By Editor

Strasbourg (F), 10 June 2009. Following yet another record low turnout at the European elections, Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) president Michèle Sabban (Île-de-France) offers a regional take on the two questions that everyone is asking and that MEPs themselves have not been able to answer. Why did only 43% of eligible voters bother to ... Read More

On the road to Copenhagen… North American and European Regions Unite in Climate Change Fight

26 June, 2009 By Editor

Brussels, June 26th, 2009 “The Assembly of European Regions (AER) has been a long time activist in favour of a model of local governance that fully includes the development of green energies, both in Europe and in the frame of North/South relations. Thus have I very naturally given a favourable answer to your invitation, as ... Read More

AER President Michèle Sabban calls for member regions to make their voices heard in Copenhagen

22 July, 2009 By Editor

Strasbourg, 22 July 2009 Mrs Sabban, President of the AER, calls for member regions to make their voices heard in the coming important meeting in Copenhagen, where large world governance guidelines upon environmental matters will be decided. These guidelines, which will be composed in a treaty, will have decisive consequences for our societies, so it is ... Read More

AER Peer Reviews: Experts meet in Serbia to audit the region’s potential to produce energy from biomass

24 July, 2009 By Editor

ER Peer Reviews: Experts meet in Republika Srpska to audit the region's potential to produce electrical and thermal energy from biomass Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (BiH), 24 July 2009

Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (BiH), 24 July 2009 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) conducted a four-day energy audit in the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina-BiH), with the aim of assessing the region’s potential to produce electrical and thermal power from biomass resources, including wood, agricultural and municipal solid waste. Financially supported by the Central ... Read More

AER and Valencia region highlight role of regional cooperation in fighting the effects of climate change

26 August, 2009 By Editor

Valencia hosts 14th AER Summer School Valencia (E), 26 August 2009 AER secretary-general Klaus Klipp underlined in his speech at the 14th AER Summer School opening in Valencia the paramount importance that cooperation between regions in EU programmes and projects plays in tackling climate change. Mr. Klipp emphasised the need to create regional lobbies to ... Read More

AER Training Academy enters new season in Brussels

11 September, 2009 By Editor

Brussels (B), 11 September 2009 Focusing on the regions’ role in European decision-making, the first Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) Training Academy of the post-summer season concluded today in Brussels. Around 30 representatives from regional offices in Brussels attended the two-day training session, which included a study visit to the Council of the European Union. ... Read More

Countdown to Copenhagen: AER gives regions a voice during Climate Week at the UN in New York

16 September, 2009 By Editor

Less than a hundred days before the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a delegation of 10 representatives selected by the Climate Group will take part in the “Climate Week“ opening ceremony taking place in New York alongside the United Nations General Assembly. As a member of the delegation, Michèle Sabban, president of the Assembly of ... Read More

Local government leaders gather in New York to meet UN Secretary General

21 September, 2009 By Editor

Raise awareness on their support to the Long Term Cooperative Action New York (USA), 21 September 2009 The delegation of local governments greeted on Monday by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has accomplished its mission. Parallel to the 64th UN General Assembly, business, civil society and political leaders from around the world have ... Read More