22/06/2016 Dve glavne globalne inicijative u borbi protiv klimatskih promena na nivou gradova su se spojile da stvore savez sa više od 7.100 gradova širom sveta pod nazivom Globalni Sporazum gradonačelnika za klimu i energiju.
Savez gradonačelnika – inicijativa koju je EU pokrenula 2008. godine uključuje 6.800 gradova i regiona iz 57 zemalja – i Koaliciju gradonačelnika – globalna koalicija gradonačelnika i gradske vlasti koju je pokrenuo u 2014. godini Generalni sekretar Ujedinjenih nacija Ban Ki-Moon – zajedno predstavljaju više od 600 miliona stanovnika u urbanim sredinama.

Da bi postala članica EU, Srbija će morati da reši problem oko 2000 nelegalnih deponija  i poveća nivo reciklaže otpada koje je sada značajno ispod evropskog proseka. Samo 15 odsto otpada koji nastane u Srbiji se reciklira, dok četiri petine završava na legalnim ili divljim deponijama, što je ozbiljan ekološki i ekonomski problem. Iako se najčesće govori o političkim uslovima vezanim za Kosovo ili za vladavinu prava, « veliko čišćenje Srbije » bi zapravo moglo da bude jedan od najvećih izazova za Srbiju na putu ka članstvu u EU.

Izvor : http://euinfo.rs/ciscenje-srbije- uslov-za- eu/

The news:

The Commission will host Green Week, the biggest annual occasion to discuss European environment policy, taking place from Monday, 30 May to Friday, 3 June 2016.
This year’s theme is on “Investing for a greener future”: how investment should integrate economic opportunity with sustainable environment practice.

The background:

To show how the investments of today can help a “greener future” become a reality, each day of the Green Week will focus on different aspects of the theme:
On Monday, Green Week will host an event in Ljubljana, EU’s Green Capital for 2016 and will focus on how investing for greener cities can improve the quality of urban life.
On Tuesday, ways of securing our future through investments in the countryside will be explored.
Wednesday focuses on finding the financing for EU’s needs under the Investment Plan for Europe, and Thursday then looks at investing in our oceans.
Friday widens the scope to a more global outlook, namely investing in sustainable development for future generations.

The event:

Events and activities will take place across Europe, centred round a high-level conference in Brussels on Wednesday 1 June, with a wide variety of organisations and partners taking part.
Programme: http://www.greenweek2016.eu/programme
High level session on Green finance success stories with VP Katainen and Commissioner Vella on Wednesday 01/06, will be covered by Ebs.

The sources:

Green Week website: http://www.greenweek2016.eu/
#EUGreenWeek
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