Saturday, May 30, 2015

Environment Today 146 - A green horizon for a new administration

This edition of the Environment Today magazine is dedicated to the local elections and inclusion of environmental alternatives to election programs of new candidates for mayor.
"... These issues require necessarily a leader who sees beyond today and has a clear multi-year development plan, which must meet administrations over the years. He / she must show to its citizens the distant horizon and be engaged seriously with them on the road towards a new horizon. The success of new administration can not be measured in a decade, but the failure will appear immediately ... ". This part is detached from one of main writings in this number, dedicated to the inclusion of green policies in the new administrative local governance for a better economic and social development of our country, in accordance with environmental sustainable development.

Among the main articles in this issue, we mention the "Greening of Elections and green policies in coming up elections," prepared by Mr. Xhemal Mato, referring to the 2007 campaign for "greening of local elections". In the article is reflected the work done by civil society at the time for involving environmental considerations into candidates' electoral programs, presenting the results of that campaign as a reminder to today candidates. While the opinions of three members of the Municipality Councils from Shkodra, Elbasan and Vlora ...a local unit pro environment... come as a suggestion for new candidates for mayor.

In actuality section takes place the scandal with pharmaceutical waste near Bovilla lake and presentation of the Action Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change of Tirana municipality, related to floods and hot waves.
Among the activities of REC, in this edition is reflected the 25th anniversary of the Regional Environmental Center, which marks a very important historical moment in the life of the organization and its future.

In news from world a special place is devoted to "Road to Paris 2015" - UN Conference on Climate Change, where on occasion of it scientists call to the leaders around the world that in the talks will be held in Paris in May 2015, to sign the action plan with eight points about climate change

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