South Africa: Durban Increases Green Awareness Ahead Of Cop17 Conference

Key principles that have been incorporated into the Greening Programme include:

Thorough approach to calculating impacts and selecting relevant measures to minimise these;

Building on the event greening experience of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to expand and improve the way in which the city undertakes event greening programmes;

Promote efficient resource use;

Focus on biodiversity;

Create opportunities for social upliftment and advancement of the green economy;

Legacy value - projects must have life beyond the event and that their initiation must help to advance the environmental and climate change agenda of the city. Read the full report here.

Source: All Africa.com.