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| Title: | One Wales: One Planet: Consultation on a new sustainable development scheme for Wales |
| Organisation: | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Issued: | 28 November 2008 |
| Deadline: | 04 February 2009 OPEN |
| Synopsis: | Welsh Ministers have a duty under the Government of Wales Act 2006 to have a Scheme that explains how they intend to promote sustainable development. Jane Davidson, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing recently announced her decision to recreate this Scheme for Sustainable Development. The Scheme aims to set out a way to improve the well-being of the people of Wales and move us to using only our fair share of the earth’s finite resources. The Scheme will identify a number of... (24 words more) |
| Title: | Planning Policy Changes to Support Sustainable Development in Rural Areas: Meeting Housing Needs |
| Organisation: | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Issued: | 23 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 10 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | This consultation paper seeks comments on drafting planning policy in the following areas: • essential dwellings to meet the legitimate needs of rural businesses; • affordable housing in rural areas; and • Low Impact Development (LID). |
| Title: | A Marine Bill for Scotland |
| Organisation: | Scottish Government |
| Issued: | 29 July 2008 |
| Deadline: | 06 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | "That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government's commitment to consult on proposals for the sustainable management of Scotland's seas and coast, including coherent framework measures for marine planning, conservation and sea fisheries, and believes that this will enhance Scotland's stewardship of the seas, support sustainable development and provide protection for the marine environment, so ensuring that future generations of Scots will be able to enjoy the many social, cultural and... (120 words more) |
| Title: | The Next Steps: EPCs and the establishment of the Green Homes Service |
| Organisation: | DCLG |
| Issued: | 10 July 2008 |
| Deadline: | 01 September 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | This consultation seeks views on a number of practical steps for making Energy Performance Certificates more accessible to help drive changes in behaviour. Emissions from our homes account for more than a quarter of all carbon emitted in this country. The Government has already taken an important step by introducing Energy Performance Certificates for all homes which are bought and sold. In April 2008 this was extended to all newly built homes, and in October 2008 this will be extended to the... (131 words more) |
| Title: | Sustainable development in higher education |
| Organisation: | HEFCE |
| Issued: | 24 June 2008 |
| Deadline: | 29 August 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | In July 2005 HEFCE published 'Sustainable development in higher education' (HEFCE 2005/28): http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2005/05_28/ which set out their approach to promoting the sustainable development agenda. It contained a strategic statement, a 10-year vision and an action plan until the end of 2007. This is a consultation on an updated strategic statement and action plan to support HE's contribution to sustainable development. It is structured around the four roles identified for... (43 words more) |
| Title: | Social and Environmental Guidance to Ofwat |
| Organisation: | Welsh Assembly Government |
| Issued: | 24 June 2008 |
| Deadline: | 10 September 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | Welsh Ministers plan to give Ofwat guidance under the Water Industry Act 1991 and the Water Act 2003. This guidance makes Ofwat aware of the Welsh Assembly Government's sustainable development agenda, so that they can support it when carrying out its functions. The intention of the guidance is to inform the 2009 Periodic Review (PR09) and look beyond 2015. It applies to Ofwat as it exercises its functions within Wales. |
| Title: | Consultation on the future priorities for and delivery of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 07 February 2008 |
| Deadline: | 24 April 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | Defra are seeking views on Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund’s (ALSF) aims, objectives and activities, who should deliver them and how the funding should be allocated from April 2008 to March 2011. |
Engineering for Sustainable Development: Guiding Principles
by The Royal Academy of Engineering;
by The Royal Academy of Engineering;
Sustainable development, especially since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment & Development at Rio de Janeiro, has become an increasingly important theme in local, national and world... (198 words more)
I find it very hard to get my head around what we are facing, and I wonder sometimes if we, as human beings, are capable of understanding what the figures we keep hearing mean. The Intergovernmental... (333 words more)
Letter to the Prime Minister - 27 May 2005
by The Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change;
by The Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change;
As leaders of thirteen major UK based companies committed to tackling climate change, we are very pleased to respond to the challenge you made in your speech to mark the 10th Anniversary of HRH The... (317 words more)
An Ounce of precaution
by Stephen Tromans - Barrister; Law Science Precaution;
by Stephen Tromans - Barrister; Law Science Precaution;
I was pleased to be asked to continue the “Laying Down the Law” column which I wrote for ea Magazine, and hope that those who have read it before will similarly be pleased to see it again.... (563 words more)
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