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New information on the environmental impacts of stump wood energy through 3D modelling
Press release | Published: 2015-01-02

Tree stumps and root systems are a significant but controversial source of bioenergy in Finland due to their environmental impacts. Now Finnish and Norwegian researchers have developed a new method th......

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Pathways linking uncertainties in model projections of climate and its effects
Project | Published: 2014-10-30

Facing the mitigation and adaptation challenges of ongoing climate change, PLUMES (Pathways linking uncertainties in model projections of climate and its effects) aimed towards a significantly impro...

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Latest IPCC report: Climate change poses risks to the well-being of nature and people – but there are ways of mitigating these risks
Press release | Published: 2014-04-28

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has approved the second part of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, at the IPCC ......

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Impacts of climate change on multiple ecosystem services: Processes and adaption options at landscape scales (CLIMES)
Project | Published: 2013-05-06

Project description "Ecosystems generate a range of goods and services important for human well-being, collectively called ecosystem services. It has proven difficult to move from general pronou...

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Projects
Content page | Published: 2014-10-17

The projects supporting climate policy include research projects focusing on scenarios, impacts, adaptation and mitigation, and operational project assisting policy development. Projects ...

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Regional Industrial Pollution and CO2 Emission Abatement Project for Arab Countries
Project | Published: 2013-04-15

Project Description The RIPECAP project provided support to selected Arab Countries in achieving the principles of the Declaration of the Arab Ministries of Environment, promoted energy efficien...

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