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Supporters of activities and projects:

EU Commission DG Environment, Civil Society,
2002, 2004-2010.
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Nordic Council of Ministers, for Baltic NGO Cooperation Projects, 2008-09, 2010-11.
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FoE Norway for education, 2006-10.
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AirClim -Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat:
- Gender Theme, 2004-05, 2008-10,
- CEE/SEE Climate NGO Report, 2009-10.
- Baltic-Belarus & SEE NGO cooperation 2008-11
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EU FP 7, ENCI-LowCarb Project,
Low Carbon Societies Network, 2009-12
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EurpAid Balkan NGO Cooperation SEE.NET, 2010-11
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Norwegian Forum for Development and Environment, 2007-09.
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EuropeAid, and FoE Norway
for Kazakh Biogas project, 2004-06.
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The Danish Outdoor Council's Small Grant Fund for Danish-CEE cooperation, 2001-04.
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The Danish Forum for Energy & Development (FEU), and the Danish Antinuclear Movement (OOA) for INFORSE-Europe when they closed their secretariats in 2002.
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The Danish Environmental Protection Agency for projects in Belarus, 1999-2001.
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Rio+20 20 - 22 June, 2012
Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Read: INFORSE at Rio+20 (UNCSD) including:
- INFORSE's opinion submitted to Rio+20 on 1 November, 2011
- INFORSE at the UNRISD preparation conference in Geneva, October 2011.
Low Carbon Societies Network 15 March, 2012
ENCI LowCarb - Low Carbon Societies Network Event
Final Public Project Conference

Organised by the EU FP7 Project with partners: RAC-France, INFORSE-Europe, Germanwatch, PIK, CIRED.
Place: Paris, France
Read: Program and Registration at the Project's web site.
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
• December 31, 2011
28 November - 09 December 2011
COP 17 of UNFCCC

Durban, South Africa
INFORSE-HELIO side event, December 2, 2011, Proceedings is available
Read: INFORSE at COP 17
SEN 72 November 2011

• November 2011
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 72
Inside: UNFCCC COP17 - Southern Voices
EU Roadmap and Ecodesign

Download pdf version and contents.

3rd Annual
Baltic
Energy

3rd Annual Baltic Energy
Date: November 8-9, 2011
Place: Vilnius, Lithuania
At this international conference INFORSE - Europe presented:
"New Sustainable Energy Scenarios for Lithuania and the Baltic Region"
Go to: Conference's website/ Event's ltd.

Low Carbon Societies Network Stakeholder Seminar "Engaging Civil Society in the EU Roadmap Process”
Date: October 25, 2011
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Organised by Low Carbon Societies Network
ENCI-LowCarb FP7 Project
More: Proceedings
INFORSE-Europe

INFORSE-Europe Sustainable Energy NGO Seminar and Tour
Hamburg - "European Green Capital 2011"
Event's Date: August 22-26, 2011
Note: August 26: INFORSE-Europe's General Meeting
Place: Karlshöhe Centre for the Environment, Hamburg, Germany
Read more: Program and Proceedings

Sustainable Energy Youth Camp August 2011 International Sustainable Energy
Summer Youth Camp and Festival
Theme: Sustainable Energy

Organized by Belarus Environmental NGOs
in cooperation with INFORSE-Europe
Date: August 7-11 and 12-14, 2011
Place: Minsk, Belarus
Participation from Belarus, Nordic and Baltic countries.
Read more: Report
Green Week 2011
Low Carbon Societies Network
EU Green Week Conference and Exhibition
Theme: Resource Efficiency
INFORSE-Europe Exhibited! See pictures and the Quiz
Date: May 24-27, 2011
Place: EU Charlemagne building
Brussels, Belgium
Read more: Green Week and Low Carbon Societies Network
IEE-logo IEE-wind-EU-logo2011 IEE - Call for Proposals
New IEE Call for Proposals for the Intelligent Energy for Europe program (IEE) for support of promotion activities for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Deadline for submission is: 12 May 2011. See: more
April 26, 2011: INFORSE Statement: Chernobyl + 25 Years -
Let this Anniversary be the Last With Nuclear Power

Statement (pdf file 175 kB)
Read more: INFORSE-Europe's Sustainable Energy Vision, and Actions of the day.

Low Carbon Societies Network
April 14, 2011 - EUSEW'11
Title: 100 % Renewables and Low-Carbon Scenarios in Europe by 2050.
Comparison, Development, Driving Forces, Barriers.
Stakeholder Dialogue Experiences from Germany and France

Place: Brussels, Charlemagne Building, Room: Purlieu
Time: 14.30-18.30

Organised by INFORSE-Europe and Low Carbon Societies Network
More: April 14 - Event
  April 4-5, 2011
First Assembly of IRENA
International Renewable Energy Agency
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Gunnar Boye Olesen participates representing the Danish NGO 92-Group, as well as INFORSE.

See more at IRENA and at IISD Reporting
March 17, 2011
Stakeholder Conference on the EC's Forthcoming Roadmap for Moving to a Low Carbon Economy in 2050.
Organised by the EC's Directorate-General for Climate Action.
Place: Charlemagne building, Brussels
Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe Coordinator, participates.
Event on the EC' web site.
NGO LETTER March 16, 2011
Raising the EU 2020 climate target at the Spring European Council
NGO letter to President Van Romp and to Prime Minister Victor Orban
By CAN-Europe, FOE-Europe, Germanwatch, Greenpeace, INFORSE-Europe, CIDSE, HEAL, HCWH, Sandbag, and WWF-Europe.

NGO Letter
( 1.1 MB pdf file)

INFORSE-Europe
PRESS RELEASE

08.03.2011 - Energy Roadmap 2050 Released
INFORSE-Europe's Comments - Press Release:
Roadmap 2050 Misses 100% Renewable Energy and Options for Fair Reductions
EU Should Aim Higher! More ambitious targets are needed, and reduction of the excess allowances (EU-ETS).
(pdf file 45 kB)
Roadmap on EU's website.
INFORSE-Europe voice on Your Voice in Europe 07.03.2011 - EU Public Consultation on Energy Roadmap 2050
INFORSE-Europe's Response: (pdf file 215 kB), and online (pdf file 108 kB)
Consultation period: 06/12/2010 - 07/02/2011. See: EU Public Consultation on Roadmap 2050.
Roadmap on EU's website.
INFORSE-Europe voice on Your Voice in Europe 07.03.2011 - EU Public Consultation: The External Dimension of the EU Energy Policy
INFORSE-Europe's Response
: (pdf file 152 kB)
Consultation period: 06/12/2010 - 07/02/2011. See: DG Energy: EU Public Consultation on External Dimension
INFORSE-Europe voice on Your Voice in Europe 07.02.2011 - EU Public Consultation: Auctioning third phase EU Allowances prior to 2013 ('early auctions')
INFORSE-Europe's Response
: (pdf file 137 kB)
Read more INFORSE-Europe on Emission Trading.
Consultation period: 06/12/2010 - 07/02/2011. See: EU Public Consultation
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• January 25, 2011
INFORSE-Europe joins Declaration:
"100% Renewable Energy in Europe by 2050"
Initiated by Greenpeace, EREC and EUFORES.
Supported by more than 50 entities, among others:
- NGO networks (INFORSE-Europe, EEB, CAN-Europe, FoE-Europe, WWF) and national NGOs
- European renewable energy industry associations (EWEA, EUBIA, EPIA, ESTIF, ESHA, AEBIOM, EOEA)
- 38 members of the European Parliament
- several companies from the field of energy efficiency, and renewable energy
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The Declaration is open to join by organisations, networks and companies.
Contact: frauke.thies@diala.greenpeace.org .


Read Declaration: www.100percentrenewables.eu
Read scenarios by 2030 and 2050: Low Carbon Societies Network
Read INFORSE-Europe's Vision by 2030/2050 in the Vision EU-27.

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