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Here I write about climate change and Polar Regions - but also about anything else that strikes my fancy.
I'll try to post here as often as I can. But keep in mind I'm a very busy guy, so please cut me some slack if you don't hear from me for a while!
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Helping Pakistan: a Matter of Humanity
Posted on the 02.09.2010 by Alain Hubert
As you all know, the International Polar Foundation usually keeps to its mission. Yet, whether you feel concerned by the future of our Earth or not –and we all should– you cannot, as a human being, not be moved by the dramatic events that are currently striking Pakistan.
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UNICEF’s life-saving operation in Pakistan in jeopardy due to funding shortfall
Posted on the 19.08.2010 by Michel Brent
ISLAMABAD/Brussels, 17 August 2010 - UNICEF warned today that serious funding shortfalls are jeopardising its humanitarian operation in Pakistan. UNICEF is extremely concerned at the lack of funds for its water and sanitation operation, with millions of children at risk from water-borne diseases.
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IPF at Schneider Electric VIP Event in Ostend
Posted on the 01.07.2010 by Michel Brent
On June 9th 2010, Schneider Electric organized a VIP Event in Ostend. The event, in which the IPF participated, started with an academic meeting that was opened by Jean-Paul Brees, President of Schneider Electric in Belgium.
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Reciprocal Awards
Posted on the 08.06.2010 by Michel Brent
On Friday 04 June, on the premises of the Libre Belgique, the prize-giving ceremony in relation to the Belgian Energy and Environment Awards took place for the fifth time. Since 2006, the “Belgian Energy and Environment Awards” have paid tribute to more than 600 Belgians who, in an individual capacity or via their organisations, have made exceptional contributions to the…
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A Polar Secretariat for the Belgian Research Station
Posted on the 06.06.2010 by Michel Brent
Following the donation of the Princess Elisabeth Research Station by the International Polar Foundation last April, the Belgian Government has set up a new separately-managed State Institution, the Polar Secretariat, with Alain Hubert as its Chair.
