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<a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.document&EV_LANG=EN&EV_RCN=31674">Sustainable construction matchmaking event, Reims, France</a>

Event date: 2010-02-03 A one-day sustainable construction matchmaking event will be held in Reims, France on 3 February 2010.

The event will focus on innovative technologies in the sustainable construction sector (such as materials, products and processes). It aims to bring together small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), technological centres and research institutes looking for or offering innovative solutions and products. All stakeholders involved in the sector are welcome, in particular those in the following areas: - heating and cooling technologies; - building materials; - exterior and interior fittings; - technical equipments; - passive house technologies.

The matchmaking event will take place at the same time as the SABINE innovative construction trade fair.
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2010-01-18

<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tedtalks_audio/~3/9bAuhgq71jw/566">TEDTalks : John La Grou plugs smart power outlets - John La Grou (2009)</a>

John La Grou unveils an ingenious new technology that will smarten up the electrical outlets in our homes, using microprocessors and RFID tags. The invention, Safeplug, promises to prevent deadly accidents like house fires -- and to conserve energy.<img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/tedtalks_audio/~4/9bAuhgq71jw" height="1" width="1">

<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/198&format=HTML&aged=0&language=IT&guiLanguage=en">Italia – Programma operativo regionale 2007-2013: provincia autonoma di Trento</a>

MEMO/09/198 Bruxelles, 24 aprile 2009 Italia – Programma operativo regionale 2007-2013: provincia autonoma di Trento 1. Programma operativo regionale per la provincia autonoma di Trento 2007-2013 – Programma che rientra nell'obiettivo Competitività regionale ...

<a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/205&format=HTML&aged=0&language=IT&guiLanguage=en">Programma ESPON 2013 Opportunità di sviluppo territoriale in un periodo di recessione economica mondiale</a>

MEMO/09/205 Bruxelles, 24 aprile 2009 Programma ESPON 2013Opportunità di sviluppo territoriale in un periodo di recessione economica mondiale Comunicato stampa n. 03/2009 In cooperazione con la presidenza ceca dell'UE il programma ESPON organizza un seminario ...

<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=3078">Workshop: Supporting sustainable growth in tourism within coastal regions</a>

The workshop will be held in the framework of the European Maritime Day Celebrations

<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=3097&lang=en">CIP financial instruments</a>

Brochures, published: Tue, 05 May 2009 17:32 CET:

Fact sheet with information about the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) financial instruments

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<a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=WN_EN&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=30064">Open Energy call topics at a glance</a>

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CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has launched a new Energy Open Topics service.

The web page lists all calls for proposals published under the Energy Theme of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) which are currently open to application.

Categorised and colour-coded according to the 10 different activities promoted in the framework of the Energy programme, the new service allows CORDIS users to access open Energy calls quickly and easily with just a single click.

The web page can be accessed through the link given below or through the Open Topics icon on the FP7 Energy Research website.
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2008-11-04

<a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=30749">50% emission reductions needed by 2050 to reach climate change targets, studies warn</a>

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Two new studies from the UK and Germany have shown that if worldwide industrial development continues at its present pace, it will be impossible to keep the rise in global temperature under its current target levels. The findings, published in two articles in the journal Nature, are based on new computer simulations of climate response to greenhouse gas emissions.

The results of one of the studies came out of the Ensemble ('ENSEMBLE-based Predictions of Climate Changes and their Impacts') project, which was funded with EUR 15 million under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

Current EU climate change policy aims to keep the global rise in mean surface temperatures to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. However, the new studies warn that global warming targets will not be effective unless they are placed in the context of a cumulative carbon budget.

Dr Myles Allen and his colleagues from the University of Oxford in the UK simulated the average global warming that would result from a given cumulative carbon emission. Their findings revealed that 1 trillion tonnes of carbon emissions (which would produce about 3.7 trillion tonnes of CO2) produce a 'most likely' warming of 2°C.

'Mother Nature doesn't care about dates,' said Dr Allen. 'To avoid dangerous climate change we will have to limit the total amount of carbon we inject into the atmosphere, not just the emission rate in any given year. Climate policy needs an exit strategy: as well as reducing carbon emissions now, we need a plan for phasing out net emissions entirely.'

Dr Malte Meinshausen and his colleagues from the Potsdam Institute in Germany tackled the scenario differently by modelling global warming probabilities across a range of greenhouse gas emissions. They found that the probable global emissions between 2000 and 2050 will be about 1,400 gigatonnes of CO2. Should this occur, it would definitely mean a rise higher than the 2°C warming target by the end of the present century.

Dr Meinshausen said of the figures: 'These cumulative budgets imply that substantial reductions in global emissions need to begin soon, before 2020. If we wait any longer, the required phase-out of carbon emissions will involve tremendous economic costs and technological challenges - far beyond what can be considered politically feasible today.'

He further warned: 'If we continue to burn fossil fuels as we do today, we will have exhausted the carbon budget in merely 20 years, and global warming will go well beyond [the] 2-degree [target]. Only a fast switch away from fossil fuels will give us a reasonable chance to avoid considerable warming. We shouldn't forget that a 2°C global mean warming would take us far beyond the natural temperature variations that life on Earth has experienced since we humans have been around.'
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2009-04-30

<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/75f9cea6-3669-11de-af40-00144feabdc0.html">Business of climate change</a>

An Edinburgh academic aims to help companies cut carbon emissions