MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Promoting Scotland in North America
Source: Scottish Government First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will visit North America next week to strengthen trade and cultural links between Scotland and the USA and Canada. The visit comes as new figures show the USA remains Scotland’s top export destination country, with an estimated £5.5 billion of exports in 2017 – up by 11.1% from […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the press conference following the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich)
Source: European Union External Action Check against delivery! Thank you. I would like first and foremost to thank Teodor [Meleșcanu, Foreign Affairs Minister of Romania] for the great cooperation that we have had in preparing and also managing this ministerial meeting. We even managed to finish on time, which as you can understand is quite […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: At a Glance – Plenary round-up – Brussels, January II 2019 – 01-02-2019
Source: European Parliament Plenary round-up – Brussels, January II 2019 01-02-2019 Highlights of the January II plenary session included the Future of Europe debate with Juha Sipilä, Finland’s prime minister, and the latest debate on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Members also debated the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary, and how […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: At a Glance – The EU’s long-term budget framework [What Think Tanks are thinking] – 01-02-2019
Source: European Parliament The EU’s long-term budget framework [What Think Tanks are thinking] 01-02-2019 Since May 2018, European Union governments and the European Parliament have been negotiating the next long-term budget for the bloc, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, in a bid to secure sufficient resourses for new priorities such as security, defence […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: CDP and UNDP partner to support sustainable development goals | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 Cassa depositi e prestiti (CDP) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a broad agreement to identify joint initiatives aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With UNDP’s extensive network in more than 170 countries, its presence and capacity at the country level, and its central role in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Celebrating Australia’s wetlands
Source: Australia Government Ministerial Statements Minister for the Environment Celebrating Australia’s wetlands Media release 2 February 2019 Australia has some of the most breathtaking wetlands in the world – extraordinary sites that make a significant contribution to our tourism and recreation industries. World Wetlands Day is a time to celebrate and acknowledge the importance of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: World in grip of ‘high impact weather’ as US freezes, Australia sizzles, parts of South America deluged
Source: United Nations 2 “High impact weather” has gripped much of the world so far this year, the UN weather agency, WMO, reported on Friday, with “dangerous and extreme cold in North America, record high heat and wildfires in Australia, heavy rains in parts of South America, and heavy snow on the Alps and Himalayas. The WMO […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Raskin Invites Environmentalist Bill McKibben as State of the Union Guest
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) is bringing renowned environmentalist, author, and educator Bill McKibben as his guest to Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address. Bill McKibben is a founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized 20,000 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: DEM Engineer Honored by Regional Association for his Contributions to Wastewater Industry
Source: US State of Rhode Island PROVIDENCE � The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that Bill Patenaude, a principal engineer in DEM’s Office of Water Resources and leader of the Wastewater Leadership Boot Camp, is the recipient of the Clair N. Sawyer Award from the New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA). He […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Double-up means dip in bittern population
Source: Green Party New research highlights the importance of New Zealand’s wetlands for one of our most secretive native birds, the Australasian bittern or matuku, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage said today on World Wetlands Day. GPS tracking of matuku/bittern has, for the first time, revealed that this threatened swamp dweller flies more than 300 km […]
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