Global News October 2009

*Greenhouse gas emissions of the 40 industrialised countries that have reporting obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) rose by 1% from 2006 to 2007. There was overall a 3% growth in emissions in the period from 2000 to 2007. 21 October www.sealthedeal2009.org, 21 October 2009 topic
*Environmental impact of the lifecycle and supply chain of animals raised for food has been vastly underestimated, and in fact accounts for at least half of all human-caused greenhouse gases, October 20 Worldwatch Institute, October 20, 2009 topic
*German village (Juhnde) goes off-grid ready, 17 Oct 2009 off-grid.net, 17 Oct 2009 
*Fossil fuel production up despite recession - world production of fossil fuels-oil, coal, and natural gas-increased 2.9 percent in 2008 to reach 27.4 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per day, the highest ever recorded. October 15 Worldwatch Institute, October 15, 2009 
* UK Energy Research Centre say conventional oil production is likely to peak before 2030, with a significant risk of a peak before 2020. Their report concludes that the UK Government is not alone in being unprepared for such an event - despite oil supplying a third of the world’s energy, October 10 UK Energy Research Centre, October 10, 2009 topic
*Draft Declaration - Co-creating an open declaration on public services 2.0, October 6, to be presented at the ministerial conference in Malmo 18-20 November, 2009 eups20, October 6, 2009 Comment and input to make it better! Furthermore, if you have specific suggestion that you want to include, you can directly edit the supporting document - see Europe links under Community involvement topic, place
*Solar farms spark water wars, October 2 off-grid.net, October 2, 2009 topic
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