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Climate change — time to act: Climate change is a real and current threat. To avoid major irreversible impacts on society and ecosystems, we must act now.
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Climate change(s) people's stories: let's act!: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Throughout COP15, large images will be displayed on the facades of the French Embassy, the Academy of Fine Arts and the European Environment Agency, calling for commitment and stressing the urgency of the situation. A photo exhibition for the general public at the Agency, and by invitation only at the Embassy, will complete this initiative.
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Climate change, adaptation is vital: Climate change is one of the biggest environmental, social and economic threats our planet currently faces. Profound changes are about to affect the mechanisms supporting life on earth, and their impact in the next few decades will be considerable.
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Climate Change, GDP and measurements of prosperity: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UPON REGISTRATION This side event, organised by the European Economic and Social Committee, will present new approaches on how indicators could measure the real prosperity of our societies more appropriately.
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Climate consortium/Microsoft side event during UNFCC slot at Bella Center: UNEP, the EEA and the European Space Agency have worked together on the brand new 'Environmental Atlas of Europe', a series of short films based on inspirational stories about how people in various places throughout Europe are responding to climate change and, in so doing, transforming their lives for a more sustainable future.
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Climbing change: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. On Tuesday 8 December at 17.00, Antoine Le Menestrel will perform a thrilling, dramatic ascent of the facades of the European Environment Agency and the French Embassy on Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen.
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COP 15, the future decided now: The climate meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009 is a crucial step in a process dating back to 1992 and the UN's 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro. Called 'COP15' for short, it will be the most important global climate change meeting ever.
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COP15 is on: let's talk climate change: Governments, civil society and business representatives are convening in Copenhagen on 7–18 December for a United Nations conference on combating climate change. European Environment Agency will host several events and contribute to some of the many activities taking place around the city.
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EEA kicks off public activities in the run-up to COP15: On the occasion of Copenhagen Culture Night, the European Environment Agency (EEA) unveils today a webpage on its activities related to the international climate conference 'COP15'. The new webpage explains the EEA's role in the context of the international climate conference. It allows the public to explore the role of the EEA as leading European body providing authoritative information on the effects of climate change mitigation policies and the impacts of climate change.
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EEA Signals 2009 - Key environmental issues facing Europe: Signals is published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the start of each year and provides snapshot stories on issues of interest both to the environmental policy debate and the wider public for the upcoming year. The eight stories addressed are not exhaustive but have been selected on the basis of their relevance to the current environmental policy debate in Europe. They address priority issues of climate change, nature and biodiversity, the use of natural resources and health.
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