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    UN climate summit

    Yesterday around 150 countries took part in the one-day event, some 80 of them at the level of head of state and government, making it the most senior UN gathering ever on climate change. This unprecedented world summit was entitled "The Future in Our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change."
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    Implementation of the Council decision relating to a moratorium on the death penalty

    The Greens/EFA Group reminds the EU Presidency and Members States that the main political content of the resolution must be the adoption of a world-wide moratorium as a crucial step towards the abolition of death penalty; Reiterates its full support for the EU institutions and Members States to declare, together with the Council of Europe…
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    EFA in government

    EFA in governmentAs of September 2007 no less than six EFA member parties found themselves in government, either alone or as part of a coalition.This represents a milestone in the development of democratic nationalism and regionalism in European politics and, as Plaid MEP Jill Evans put it "the poli...
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    Global warming

    The sea ice that covers the North Pole and the Artic has shrunk by 1 million square kilometres over the past year. Images released by the European Space Agency (ESA) last week revealed this worrying impact of global warming.
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    European of the Year

    The European Movement has awarded Monica Frassoni its 'European of the Year' award for 2007 after she received more than 50% of votes in its public poll.
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    Agrofuels

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development writes in its new report that “the current push to expand the use of biofuels is creating unsustainable tensions that will disrupt markets without generating significant environmental benefits”.
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    Car emissions

    According to a survey by the NGO "Transport & Environment" the emission rates of new cars produced by European carmakers were down by only 0.2% last year. It is the lowest performance on record.
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    UN climate negotiations

    The negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement on rough targets to reduce the worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases. The UN climate conference concluded that industrialised countries should cut emissions by 25 to 40% of their 1990 levels by 2020.
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    Strasboug Flash - September I

    Highlights for the Greens/EFA group include the plenary debates on forest fires in Greece and on the fight against terrorism.
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    Energy saving light bulbs

    The European Commission decided yesterday not to end the import duties on energy saving light bulbs imported from China. The tariffs add up to 66% on the value of the imported bulbs! Once again the EU is not serious on energy efficiency and tackling climate change