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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!

  • A snow melter in action the second day of the team arrival

    Seasonal Reopening of the PEA - Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

    Posted on the 20.11.2011 by Michel Brent

    Alain Hubert and a first team of ten have arrived at Utsteinen. Like every autumn, at this period of the year, they have re-opened the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica belgian station. Except for a gigantic amount of snow accumulated during the austral winter, everything was OK.

  • Since 1979 the nations of the world get together regularly to analyse what the roads should be to reduce the CO2 emissions

    Limiting the increase in global temperature to less than 2°C : it’s too late !

    Posted on the 07.11.2011 by Alain Hubert

    Since a few years that I give speeches all over, I do not stop saying that we the people and the countries of the world will not be able to limit the increase in global earth temperature to less than 2°C like the agrement reached at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Cancun 2010 had foreseen.

  • The 4x400m group back from Iceland

    Back from the training

    Posted on the 30.10.2011 by Michel Brent

    Last Thursday, the 4x400m group which has been in Iceland with Alain Hubert for a special psychological training came back in Belgium. According to the athletes, it was a quite difficult but also a very profitable experience.

  • A educative campain lauched ly UNicef Belgium : Learn to survive

    UNICEF : Learning to survive

    Posted on the 18.10.2011 by Michel Brent

    On 5 October, Unicef Belgium has launched an important educational campain 'Apprendre pour Survivre' / 'Learn to Survive' in order to increase public and government awareness about the fact that very often after or even during a humanitarian crisis, a lot of children can not go to shool.

  • The press conference held on 17 October in IPF quarters

    In Iceland with belgian athletes

    Posted on the 17.10.2011 by Alain Hubert

    This week, I am leaving for Iceland with nine belgian 4x400m athletes -included the famous Borlée brothers. The target of the operation : to help the athletes to form a strong team capable to be on the podium of the 4x400 m in the London Olympics.

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