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Current AffairsKlaus criticises UN, charges it needs to stay out of economics, science
The outspoken Czech President Václav Klaus raised more than a few eyebrows
at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York when he suggested in his
address on Saturday what was needed was not an increased role for the
organisation in global governance. While he agreed some reforms were
necessary - namely to the Security Council – he made clear that the UN
needed to adhere more closely to its founding principles.
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Current AffairsClimatologist: Homes in danger areas need to moved to safer ground
Over the last decade, floods of varying intensity have hit the country
almost every year, leading to the destruction of property and in the worst
case loss of life. A little earlier I discussed possible reasons for the
increase in flood frequency with respected geologist and climatologist
Václav Cílek, asking him which factors contributed to the rise in
flooding.
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Current AffairsCzech Environment Ministry approves renovation of country’s biggest coal-fired power station
Earlier this year Micronesia called on the Czech Republic not to refit its
biggest coal-fired power station, Prunéřov, saying the pollution it will
produce threatens the tiny state’s future. The matter also proved
controversial in the Czech Republic itself, leading to the departure of one
cabinet minister. However, the Environment Ministry has now approved the
project, despite the fact the plant’s owners ČEZ are not planning to
install the best available technology.
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Current AffairsEnvironmental groups focus on local damage caused by controversial ČEZ power plant
Headlines around the world have been made by a small Pacific island
state’s challenge to plans for a large Czech coal-fired power plant. But
Czech environmental groups are also opposing the plant on the grounds that
local people will continue to suffer from harmful pollution far into the
future.
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Current AffairsHopes of new climate pact dashed in Copenhagen
As the Copenhagen climate talks draw to a close, hopes have dimmed of
reaching any significant agreement that could form the basis of an
eventually legally binding climate deal to replace the existing Kyoto
Protocol that expires in 2012. Although many are disappointed, Czech
climate expert Jan Pretel says such an outcome was only to be expected.
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Current AffairsSmall Pacific island challenges Czech plans to extend coal-burning power station
Micronesia and the Czech Republic are twelve thousand kilometers apart but
the small Pacific island is concerned that increased emissions from a
coal-burning power station in western Bohemia will speed up global warming
and increase the threat of Micronesia being swallowed up by the Pacific
Ocean.
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Current AffairsCzech NGOs hope Copenhagen will produce CO2 treaty but president sceptical
Delegations from 192 countries will arrive in the city of Copenhagen on
Monday for two weeks of talks aimed at establishing a new global treaty on
climate change. The majority of governments now agree with the findings of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that global warming is
man-made and rising temperatures are a threat to mankind. There are,
however, some sceptical voices, including that of the Czech president
Václav Klaus. So what do Czechs want from Copenhagen?
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Current AffairsCycling halfway round the world to combat climate change
What are you doing to fight climate change? That’s what Australian
environmentalist and social worker Kim Nguyen wants ordinary people to ask
themselves. For his part, he’s bicycling from Brisbane, Australia to
Copenhagen, Denmark. 15 months into his journey, Kim arrived in Prague for
a lap around Wenceslas Square and some meetings with the press to promote
the idea that if he can cycle half-way round the world, certainly others
can cycle to work.
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