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Publish date: September 24, 2009
Written by: Annicken Vargel
Translated by: Charles Digges
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The Clinton Global Initiative was founded in 2005 by former US President Bil Clinton with the purpose of putting actions behind words to bring about results in the battle against climate change.
This year’s anniversary celebration has brought together 1,200 heads of state and leaders from around the world to jointly work out solutions to the challenge of global climate change.
Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon, as well as Norwegian banking giant Sparebank and representatives of Norway’s respected research institute, the Fridtjof Nansen Centre.
The Sahara Forest Project chosen for presentation
This year, 300 projects were selected to be presented at the Clinton Global Initiative anniversary and the Bellona Sahara Forest Project was among them.
The goal of the Sahara project is to increase access to fresh water and produce more biomass for clean energy to combat global warming. Bellona’s project combines salt water greenhouses, solar power and the cultivation of algae in order to produce greenery in dry areas while providing water and biomass for clean energy.
Building of a test centre part of the project
In its Commitment to Action (download PDF to right) Bellona has committed itself to establishing a test centre for the technology. Hopefully, the test centre plans will be complete before the December international climate meeting in December.
Read more about the Sahara Forest Project here.
Press Contacts:
USA: Magnus Borgen, Bellona Assistant Leader : +47 97 72 84 76, magnus@bellona.no
Oslo: Tone Foss Aspevoll, Bellona information service chief: +47 91 72 02 67, tone@bellona.no
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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.