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Contributions for Education and Public Awareness 1211 Thorsteinn I. Sigfusson and Bemd Emonts... 

The Swiss Hydrogen Energy Program is divided into four segments, one of which supports activities such as the development of educational materialsand devices, practical demonstrations of hydrogen technologies and public-awareness building activities. 

U.N. (2002). Activities of Intergovernmental and Non-Governmental Organizations of UNFCCC Article 6 (Education, Training and Public Awareness). UNFCCC Publ., New York, 203 pp. 

Publicity and public awareness of the program has been generated through a number of means, and is increasing. To make the program work and develop the levels of NiCd battery recycling desired, widespread public education and outreach is required. This has been provided by a number of approaches including ... 

Plans to promote education, training and public awareness... 

On behalf of an MCS task force, I testified before the legislature here in Santa Fe and helped to raise funds for an MCS awareness program. It is imperative to educate the public about this condition. Helping to make that happen feeds me on an emotional and spiritual level. 

Section 4 provides a synthesis of lEA government activities reported in the areas of hydrogen safety and codes and standards. Section 5 reviews policy studies and delineates policy targets for future work. Section 6 offers a brief synthesis of the ongoing efforts to build public awareness and education. 

Relevant policy and financial support plans need to be improved to meet the requirement of the implementation of the Stockholm Convention. Public awareness plays a very important role in the fight against POPs, but in China it suffers from a lack of sufficient funding for public environmental education, and for research results dissemination and technology transfer. 

Raising public awareness of the POPs-related issues and encouraging public participation are also important elements of the Stockholm Convention. On the public awareness campaign, the HKSAR Government has launched, as a priority action item of the HKSARIP, a dedicated EPD thematic website on POPs (available at http //www.epd.gov.hk/ epd/english/international conventions/pops/pops main.html) and integrated the topic into the overall environmental protection education programme. 

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