World Summit of Regions

Contacts

• Brittany Regional Council
RENNES - Odile BRULEY
Tel + 33 2 99 27 13 55 - + 33 6 76 87 49 57 - E-mail : presse@region-bretagne.fr
PARIS - Claudine RIPERT
Tel +33 1 45 75 22 86

• CPMR
Enrico MAYRHOFER
Tel + 32 2 286 86 60 - E-mail : Enrico.Mayrhofer@crpm.org

Regions in action to tackle climate change - 30 October 2008

• Regions in action to tackle climate change
    

Climate change - 100 regions in action " It had to be done and we must continue" (French only)

• Changement climatique : 100 Régions en action « IL FALLAIT OSER, IL FAUDRA POURSUIVRE »
   

Press pack - septembre 2008

For the first time in the history of public-sector policy, the Regions of the world have arranged to come together in Saint-Malo at the end of October to make their voices heard on a top-priority issue: climate change.

While France has made energy and climate one of the priorities of its Presidency of the European Union and the UN is preparing a new global climate conference to take place in December in Poznań, the Regional Council of Brittany and the international nrg4SD network will bring together, in Saint-Malo, 450 representatives of Regions, States, the European Union, NGOs, civil society and several UN agencies. The United Nations has expressed specific interest in this proactive and innovative regional-scale approach for the first time.

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Press review

• Agence France Presse 22.09.2008
   
• Ouest France 23.09.2008
   
• Agence France Presse 24.09.2008
   
• Ouest France 25.09.2008
   

Press release - July 2008

While France has made the “energy-climate” issue the top priority of the French Presidency of the EU, member regions of the international NRG4SD network aim to demonstrate that regional governments are key players in combating global warming.

Upon the Regional Council of Brittany’s invitation, regions of the world will gather together, alongside State, EU and UN representatives, on 29 and 30 October 2008 in Saint-Malo, to share their experience and provide concrete solutions to this worldwide issue.

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Press release April 2008 (in French only): «CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE : LES REGIONS EN ACTION»

Et si les régions dans le monde, au nord comme au sud, étaient les mieux placées pour limiter les effets du changement climatique ? Pour apporter des réponses concrètes à cette question planétaire, la Région Bretagne et le réseau nrg4SD invitent, les 29 et 30 octobre 2008 à Saint-Malo, 450 participants du monde entier (Régions, Etats, Union européenne, ONU, ONG…) à venir et échanger et confronter leurs expériences de terrain, dans une optique de solidarité nord-sud.

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