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Publish date: December 15, 2009
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All open side events will be streamed live here, and can be found in the archive.
09.30-11.00: NGO Briefing: Status of US Climate Change Legislation
Co-host: NWF
11.15-12.45: Facing the Challenges: Climate Change adaption in the greater Himalayas.
Co-hosts: ICIMOD AND CICERO
13.00-14.00: Russian Nuclear expansion and climate change
16.30-17.00: Profitable Climate Solutions – in a National and Global Context
Co-host: National Wildlife Federation
17.00-18.00: Carbon Mitigation Strategies – Aspen and Colorado and Beyond
18.00-19.30: Forest Society and Forest Citizenship in the land of Chico Mendes
Co-host: National Wildlife Federation
19.30-20.30: The Business Case for Climate Solutions
Read comprehensive presentations of all side events in the Bellona Room at Bella Centre in Copenhagen here.
Following Kazakhstan’s country-wide vote in favor of building a nuclear power plant earlier this month, Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun a courtship of officialdom in Astana, the country’s capital, in apparent hopes of landing a contract to construct it.
A survey of events in the field of nuclear and radiation safety relating to Russia and Ukraine.
Kazakhstan voted in a referendum last weekend on whether to build its first nuclear power plant, and an exit poll showed voters backed the idea promoted by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's cabinet in an effort to phase out coal plants.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.