EVENTS AT THE PARTY CONFERENCE BOURNEMOUTH, 19-23 SEPTEMBER 2009 include; on Saturday, LDEG President Andrew Duff MEP will discuss liberal goals in the new parliament; on Sunday we ask the important question "Can pro-Europeans win elections?"; and on Tuesday our climate change event asks what can be achieved at Copenhagen. See details below -
Congratulating José Manuel Barroso on his re-election as Commission President today in Strasbourg, Andrew Duff MEP said that the need for urgent action was paramount. There are four top priorities for Mr Barroso: the ratification and implementation of the Lisbon treaty; the Copenhagen climate change talks; the reform of the financial system of the Union; and the reinforcement of the single market.
EVENTS AT THE PARTY CONFERENCE BOURNEMOUTH, 19-23 SEPTEMBER 2009 include; on Saturday, LDEG President Andrew Duff MEP will discuss liberal goals in the new parliament; on Sunday we ask the important question "Can pro-Europeans win elections?"; and on Tuesday our climate change event asks what can be achieved at Copenhagen. See details below -
Over the last three years it has been my privilege as Camden Eco Champion to have a remit to scour this land for best practice on the environmental agenda. Two things have struck me forcibly: the best practice out there is mostly being done by Lib Dem councils and none of the leaders on this agenda are doing what central government is telling them to do.
The Prince of Wales' Rainforests Project (PRP) has developed a proposal for emergency funding to help protect rainforests and to use incentives to encourage rainforest nations to continue to develop without the need for deforestation.
The Transition Towns movement began as an attempt by communities to work out for themselves how to address the twin problems of climate change and the end of cheap oil. Transitioners believe that life will be better - more local, more in touch with nature, more vibrant, less stressed, less chemical - after oil, and that we will be better prepared to deal with the challenges if we start working together now.
