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Position papers include all papers formally adopted by our Group and thus representing our official position on major issues. Policy papers gather all briefings, brochures, statements from working groups or other Group bodies which have not been submitted to a vote but reflect a more technical position on specific topics. Studies are reports commissioned to experts and are accompanied most of the time with our political recommendations. For information and transparency purposes, we also publish here all Group letters sent to the other institutions or representatives

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    UN climate change workshop

    Delegates of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as well as of governments, NGOs and industry meet up in Vienna to discuss how to speed up the battle against climate change. Being the last diplomatic stage before the Bali meeting in December, it is a key week in the international negotiations on climate chan…
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    Electricity

    A report from the European commission's joint research center (JRC) shows that in spite of the accelerating introduction of energy-saving measures, the electricity consumption in the EU continues to increase like the economic growth.
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    Nuclear power in Japan

    A powerful earthquake shook Japan's northwestern coast this morning. It killed seven people, injured hundreds others and flattened scores of buildings. The quake affected also the world biggest nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki with very serious consequences:a leak of radioactive water and a fire at the plant's electrical transformer .
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    Documents

    Conference speeches A.A. Soltanieh, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations and other international organisations in ViennaGareth Evans, Member of the UN High Panel of Experts on Threats Challenges and Change, President of International Crisis Group...
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    DOCUMENTS

    This section contains a short conference report, speeches and presentations. It will be regularly updated with the latest documents available
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    Conference documents

    Implementation of the EU action plan against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishingReport by Greens/EFA MEP Marie-Hélène AubertCombatting IUU fishing in West Africa - A regional approach (pdf)Speech by Austin Joko Jones, Consultant - MCS specialistCombatting IUU fishing in West Africa - A reg...
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    Nuclear not a solution!

    The fire took place at a nuclear reactor in Krümmel near Hamburg last Thursday. Contrary to previous reports by Vattenfall, the utility company which operates the nuclear plant, the fire did in fact affect the reactor.
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    Background documentation

    First PanelAtomdebatte statt Iranpolitik? Europas schwierige Position zwischen Iran und den USAStatement on the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear IssueBaku declaration adopted by the thirty-third session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign MinistersNAM troika backs Iran over N-issueSecurity Counci...
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    Energy efficiency in the EU

    The EU Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services requests all Member States to submit their first National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) to the Commission by June 30, 2007. Only 3 countries, Finland, Danemark and the UK, submitted their NEEAP until now!
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    Adaptation to climate change

    The European Commission released today its Green Paper on adaptation to climate change. It stresses that climate change is already happening since Europe has warmed by almost 1°C over the past century. Adaptation to climate change is now an indispensable measure in complement to strong reductions of the greenhouse gas emissions.