List of Environment Related Events
              in Central and Eastern Europe
 
LIST OF EVENTS:

10/26/95
London, United Kingdom
4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: NATURAL GAS, TRADE AND
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN RUSSIA AND THE CIS
Topics include: Economic Outlook, Implications of the
Russian Energy Strategy, Gas Industry and the
Environment, Demand and Supply Balance, Taxation
Environment, Opportunities for Foreign Investors, etc.
Language: English, Russian
Contact: Julia Thomas, The Conference Unit, The Royal
Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St
James's Square, London SW1Y 4LE, United Kingdom, tel: 44-
171-957-5700, fax: 44-171-321-2045 or 44-171-957-5710

10/30/95 - 10/31/95
Prague, Czech Republic
"COMPETING IN THE NEW ENVIRONMNETAL MARKETPLACE" A
WORKSHOP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
Workshop concept: Discuss expected regulatory changes and
their impact on the environmental marketplace, Identify
new competitive skills required of environmental
professionals, Promote partnering of CEE and Western
businesses
Language: English, Czech
Contact: Emily Lawson, tel & fax: 422-430-190 or The
Regional Environmental Center Budapest Office, Emil
Dzuray or Kerry Zobor, tel: 361-250-3401, fax: 361-250-
3403

11/8/95
Seville, Spain
FOUNDATIONS FOR EUROPE: PRINCIPLES, PRIORITIES,
PARTNERSHIPS AND GOOD PRACTICE, 6TH ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING AND CONFERENCE
Funding issues of social economy institutions, and
corporate funders from the Mediterranean Region and
Central and Eastern Europe. Further workshops on funding
policy, legal and fiscal issues, nonprofit board
management, and resourcing.
Language:
Contact: European Foundation Centre, 51 Rue de la
Concorde, Brussels, Belgium, tel: 32-2-512-8938, fax: 32-
2-512-3265

11/10/95 - 11/11/95
Maribor, Slovenia
"LEGAL METHODS OF ENFORCING GROUP INTERESTS IN PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS TO THE HEALTHFUL ENVIRONMENT" SCIENTIFIC
CONFERENCE
Topics include: Developments in the law of liability for
environmental damage in Europe, Protection of group
rights to a healthful environment, Position in court
procedure of the party accused of causing environmental
damage, Preventive measures to forestall disputes in the
area of environmental protection, The role of insurance
companies in protecting those who damage the environment,
Opportunities for public participation in environmental
decisionmaking
Language: English
Contact: University of Maribor, Rajko Knez, Mladinska 9,
62000 Maribor, Republic of Slovenia, tel: 386-62-227-611,
fax: 386-62-223-245

11/13/95 - 11/14/95
Budapest, Hungary
"COMPETING IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETPLACE" A
WORKHSOP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
Workshop concept: Discuss expected regulatory changes and
their impact on the environmental marketplace, Identify
new competitive skills required of environmental
professionals, Promote partnering of CEE and Western
businesses
Language: English, Hungarian
Contact: Gusztav Henscey, tel: 361-181-0511, fax: 361-186-
9378 or The Regional Environmental Center Budapest
Office, Emil Dzuray or Kerry Zobor, tel: 361-250-3401,
fax: 361-250-3403

11/13/95
Maribor, Slovenia
THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CASE METHOD RESEARCH
AND CASE METHOD APPLICATION
Environmental problem solving - from cases and
experiments to concepts, knowledge, tools and motivation.
Language: English
Contact: Dr. Marjan Vezjak, Center of Environmental
Activities, Miklosiceva 38/III, 61000 Ljubljana, tel/fax:
386-61-30-28-23


11/20/95 - 11/21/95
Poznan, Poland
"COMPETING IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETPLACE" A
WORKSHOP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
Workshop concept: Discuss expected regulatory changes and
their impact on the environmental marketplace, Identify
new competitive skills required of environmental
professionals, Promote partnering of CEE and Western
businesses
Language: English, Polish
Contact: Leszek Adamczyk, tel: 48-77-544-667, fax: 48-77-
542-037 or The Regional Environmental Center Budapest
Office, Emil Dzuray or Kerry Zobor, tel: 361-250-3401,
fax: 361-250-3403

11/21/95
Poznan, Poland
POLEKO, INTERNATIONAL ECOLOGICAL FAIRES
Language:
Contact: Miedzynarodowe Targi Poznanskie, ul. Glogowska
14, 60-734 Poznan, Poland, tel: 48-61-692-592, fax: 48-61-
665-827

11/21/95 - 11/23/95
Siofok, Hungary
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
The conference aims to help environmental specialists
find their ways in environmental regulations in order to
avoid environmental damage and be more economical and
efficient.
Language: Hungarian
Contact: Compa-Real Kft, Keller Szilvia, 6701 Szeged, Pf.
964, Hungary, tel: 36-62-435-376, fax: 36-62-435-376

11/27/95 - 11/28/95
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
"COMPETING IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETPLACE" A
WORKSHOP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
Workshop concept: Discuss expected regulatory changes and
their impact on the environmental marketplace, Identify
new competitive skills required of environmental
professionals, Promote partnering of CEE and Western
businesses
Language: English, Slovak
Contact: Ladislav Fekete, tel & fax: 42-7-785-473 or The
Regional Environmental Center Budapest Office, Emil
Dzuray or Kerry Zobor, tel: 361-250-3401, fax: 361-250-
3403

12/15/95
CROATIAN ENERGY DAY - PRICES AND TARIFF POLICY IN
ENERGETICS
Energy prices at international market and future
expectations, Opportunities and restrictions, Prices of
energy production, transport and distribution, National
pricing policy, Legislation in energy production,
Environmental protection in energy price, etc.
Language: English
Contact: Croatian Energy Association, Ulica Grada
Vukovara 37, 41000 Zagreb, Croatia, tel: 385-1625-935,
fax:

Szervusztok!
Torh Ferihez lesz majd egy-ket mondatom a szep uj vilagrol. Kozeleg a hetvege,
azalatt osszekelepalom.
(elnezest, TOTH Ferit akartam irni)
 Addig is: CO2:
A napi tizmillio tonnas (!!!) koolajfelhasznalas egy reszenek helyettesitese 
mezogazdasagi eredetu motorhajtoanyagokkal nem azt celozza, hogy csokkentsuk a
legkori CO2 tartalmat.
 Antarktiszi jegtombok melyerol elobanyaszott regesregen lehullot ho CO2 tar-
talma azt mutatja, hogy i.sz. 900-tol egeszen 1800-ig a CO2 koncentracio 270 es
290 ppm kozott volt, ingadozva bar, de osszesen ha 10 ppm-et maszott felfele.
Aztan 1800 es 1900 kozott elindult felfele, 100 ev alatt nott 10 ppm-et,  1900
es 1950 kozott egy ujab tizest. Es az utobbi 40 evben legalabb otvenet!
Koszonjuk, meg megvagyunk, de azert jo lenne, ha visszalapulna az a gorbe!
Kulonfele szen-szendioxid modellek azt mondjak, hogy "stabilisation of
atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration at all considered levels between one 
and two times today's concentrations (350 and 750 ppm) COULD BE ATTAINED ONLY 
with global anthropogenic emissions that eventually drop to substantially BELOW
1990 levels"
 Ha a CO2 kibocsatasunk egy resze olyan, hogy az elozo evben kivont szenet 
pofogjuk vissza, az a merleg szempontjabol sokkal kedvezobb.

 A biomass burning nem csupan, talan foleg nem CO2 emissziot jelent, hanem 
fustot, port, kormot, szervesanyagokat, csomo aerosolkepzo rondasagot. Ezen-
felul a szukebb ertelemben vett biomass burning nem a fosszilis anyagok egetese
hanem azt jelenti, hogy lekopaszodik egy darab a Foldrol.

 Az oceanokat, mint CO2-nyeloket egy idoben gyakran emlegettek. Nyugodtan el 
lehet felejteni, mert a felszini retegek es a melytengerek keveredese ezer 
evekben merheto skalan folyik. Viszont ha igy megy tovabb, a meszheju tengeri 
joszagok nyakig benn lesznek a vizben. (csak a nem-vegyeszek szamara: vizben a
CO2 egy resze egy pozitiv negativ toltesu ionkent van jelen. Ennek kell hogy 
legyen egy pozitiv toltesu parja, lesz is, a beoldodo CO2-vel kemiailag azonos
mennyisegu femso is feloldodik. Ez a korallzatonyok, es a meg meg sem szuletett
kagylok kalciumtartalma. Szoval itt az ideje, hogy kiserletezni kezdjunk a 
PVC-heju osztrigak tenyesztesevel)

 Ha komolyan nezzuk, a CO2-ben nem az az aggaszto, hogy most mennyi van, 
tenyleg, koszonom, jol vagyunk, de az a rusnya gorbe semmi jelet nem mutatja
annak, hogy akarcsak lassulna a novekedes novekedesenek az uteme. (idoszerinti
masodik derivalt, magyarul: nem eleg hogy maszik felfele, de egyre gyorsabban
teszi) Hasonlo dolog all a metanra, bar ott tavaly lassulas volt. Varom az idei
merkozes eredmenyet. Es ugyanigy van a dinitrogen-oxid eseteben is.

 Es ez mar Szilveszternek: Amikor valaki felborult egyensulyt emleget, en ugy
ertelmezem, hogy a biologiai evolucio tizezer eves idoskalaja es a technikai 
fejlodes durvan szazeves karakterisztikus ideje kozotti kulonbseg nyomasztja az
illetot. Teged nem? Lehetne tovabb ragozni, hogy egyszerre vagyunk biologiai
es tarsadalmi-technikai lenyek, erdekes gondolat, bar hatborzongato, hogy eset-
leg egy kis genetikai manipulacioval le lehetne faragcsalni valamicsket abbol a
tizezer evbol, de megsem jo az otlet, mert en ugy szeretnem, ha kozben megis
olyan maradnek, mint most. Lehetne ragozni, de akkor ki csinalna meg a mai me-
resemet?
Laszlo Barna

Scientists confirm slow global warming trend

A panel of scientists said Tuesday they foresee dire potential
consequences of global warming, but said strong measures could curb
heat-trapping industrial emissions at fairly modest cost. Global
warming could endanger human health through direct effects of
storms, floods and drought, said Robert Watson, co-chairman of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group. Watson said
human health may suffer even more from indirect results of global
warming such as a larger zone of malaria and other tropical fevers
and diseases and from heat stress. The IPCC, in the second of its
three-part report, confirmed that "human activities are increasing
the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouses gases" which warm the
atmosphere. "The document points out that climate change is serious,
but it also points out" options to reduce atmosphere-warming carbon
emissions and their effects, Watson told a news conference. The
report said emissions could be curbed with potential energy
efficiency gains of 50 to 60 percent in many countries using
available technologies. Efficiency gains of up to 30 percent could be
reached in many countries over the next 20-30 years at little or no
net cost through conservation and better management, it said. "The
significance of today's report is the thorough assessment of future
adverse impacts, including sea level rise and coastal flooding,
severe stress on forests, wetlands and other ecosystems, damage to
human health and dislocation of agriculture and commerce," Meyer
said. The panel scaled back projections on rises in temperatures and
sea level from the initial report because it included effects of
cooling aerosols, which partly offset warming carbon emissions. The
panel projected an average temperature rise of 1-3.5 degrees
centigrade by 2100. Source: Reuters 

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