This is the tag for all posts relating to environment.

Black Sea Summit 2016 is ready to start

14 September, 2016 By Elin Berglie

On 15 September the AER’s Black Sea Summit will open in Batumi, the capital city of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara (Georgia). During two days, participants in the summit will exchange ... Read More

One month to apply for the Regional Innovation Award!

31 August, 2016 By Elin Berglie

The Assembly of European Regions calls all regions in our continent to look at the successful stories of innovation in their territories in the field of Circular Economy. What is Circular Economy? Circular ... Read More

Invitation debate & exhibition: “reinventing urban mobility” 15 September, Brussels

24 August, 2016 By Editor

Within the framework of the European Mobility Week and in the follow-up to COP21 targets set in Paris, AER and Revolve Media invite you to its 2016 Mobility Debate about ... Read More

World Sustainable Energy Days 2017

12 August, 2016 By Editor

The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) is a worldwide event that has grown over the past 20 years into one of the largest conferences on energy efficiency and renewable energy, ... Read More

BIOTEAM Magazine on bioenergy and sustainability

28 July, 2016 By Editor

On 15 March 2016, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina together with the Assembly of European Regions hosted the conference ‘Biomass: What are the best ways to use it?‘ in Novi ... Read More

Promote your region within the European Mobility Week!

13 July, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER and Revolve Media are happy to share with you a new initiative within their partnership and commitment on the issues of environment, sustainability, energy efficiency and green economy. After ... Read More

Intern wanted: AER secretariat in Brussels (now closed)

6 July, 2016 By Elin Berglie

The Assembly of European Regions is the political organisation of the regions of Europe and a representative of their interests at the European and international levels. Its mission: to defend ... Read More

Baltic Rim Economies: special edition on the Arctic

1 July, 2016 By Editor

The Pan-European Institute publishes a discussion forum, Baltic Rim Economies (BRE), which deals with the development of the Baltic Sea region. In the BRE review, high level public and corporate ... Read More

Partner search: Life project on climate adaptation

1 July, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

The AER Secretariat is happy to share with its member regions and partners a project opportunity developed by its partner network ALDA – The European Association of Local Democracy with ... Read More

Transparency: a tool for change

28 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Remember the picture? United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holding a report which outlines the actions of States and Regions with regards to climat change. Because regions are implementing a variety ... Read More

COP22: the final countdown

28 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

One of the major achievements of COP21 was to underline the central role of regional and non-State stakeholders to protect natural resources, reduce global warming and mitigate its effects. At ... Read More

Video message of EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella at AER General Assembly

23 June, 2016 By Elin Berglie

EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, addressed the AER General Assembly on 23 June in a video message during the Keynote discussion on why the ... Read More

On the road to digital democracy

22 June, 2016 By Editor

The 2016 AER General Assembly and Spring Bureau kicked-off with the discussion on (R)e-inventing democracy and the disruptive nature of technology. We have all been confronted with the ephemeral feeling of ... Read More

Energy: let the fight start!

21 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Energy champions A full day for sustainable energy: to speed the deployment of sustainable energy policies! Sharing knowledge, experience, success and failures, this is why members get together at AER ... Read More

Energy security & regions

14 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

While Brussels is revamping into the capital of Sustainable Energy, on the occasion of the annual EU Sustainable Energy Week, AER is launching its Report “Energy security from a regional ... Read More