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The Day After Tomorrow

'The Day After Tomorrow,' the northern hemisphere is plunged into an ice age as global climate change causes the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic to 'switch off.' Pure fiction? A worst case scenario that can't be ruled out? Or a reminder that global climate change is a serious threat to society and the environment?

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The Day After Tomorrow

In the new Hollywood eco-disaster movie 'The Day After Tomorrow', the northern hemisphere is plunged into an ice age as global climate change causes the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic to 'switch off'. The film is a reminder that global climate change is a serious threat to society and the environment.

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Children in Their Environments: Vulnerable, Valuable and at Risk - The Need for Action

The EEA, in collaboration with WHO/Europe and the Collegium Ramazzini, is organising a science-policy workshop on emerging environmental threats to children on 22 June 2004 in Budapest. The workshop is being held in connection with the WHO's fourth ministerial conference on environment and health, taking place in the Hungarian capital on 23-25 June.

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Nature-rich farmland areas need greater support to prevent species loss

The European Union will not reach the goal of halting species loss by 2010 if it does not do more to prevent the decline of its most nature-rich areas of farmland, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned today.

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Nature-rich farmland areas need greater support to prevent species loss

The European Union will not reach the goal of halting species loss by 2010 if it does not do more to prevent the decline of its most nature-rich areas of farmland, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned today.

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New EU states need measures to limit farming impact on environment

The countries joining the European Union (EU) next month need to give a central role to well-targeted rural development measures to minimise a likely increase in environmental pressures from farming after accession, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today.

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New EU states need measures to limit farming impact on environment

The countries joining the European Union (EU) next month need to give a central role to well-targeted rural development measures to minimise a likely increase in environmental pressures from farming after accession, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today.

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Second meeting of the EPA network 11-12 March 2004

The Network of European Environmental Protection Agencies held its second meeting at the Italian Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services premises in Rome on 11-12 March 2004.

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EEA seeks proposals for two European Topic Centres

The EEA is inviting proposals from consortia to run two European Topic Centres (ETCs), on biological diversity and on resource and waste management. ETCs provide important support to the Agency in carrying out its work programme, for instance by harmonising environmental monitoring, compiling and processing data and producing environmental indicators. The call for tender has been issued as contracts with the existing ETCs on nature protection and biodiversity and on waste and material flows expire later this year.

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