9. Calls for an urgent and exemplary energy project for Gaza, possibly in the Rafah area, in order to assure autonomy and self-sufficiency in electricity production and desalinisation for the Gaza population; draws attention to the fact that a large high-temperature solar plant could fulfil these objectives and be an emblematic renewable initiative for the whole region; takes the view, in this regard, that the Paris donors' conference, the PEGASE mechanism and EU assistance programmes should allot significant resources to this initiative in collaboration with the PNA, Egypt and the Quartet;

Though the species live in a wide range of climatic conditions in tropical forests from low to high altitudes in mountain areas, temperature changes in the habitats of individual colonies or troops do not vary greatly.

It is clear that the high summer temperatures and the lack of rain were a key factor, but there were others which hampered the rural development measures applied by the national authorities: the exodus from the countryside and the resultant ongoing abandoning of farming activities which have traditionally preserved forests; the lack of incentives to collect biomass; the excessive fragmentation of forest ownership; reforestation using species inappropriate to the Mediterranean climate; inadequate technical and human resources for f ...[+++]ighting fires; inadequate monitoring of human activity at times and in areas of high fire risk; and, finally, permissiveness with regard to building on farmland or forestland.

ALTENER (II) for the promotion of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), including photovoltaics, solar thermal (high and low temperature), wind, small hydro, marine, biomass and wastes and geothermal;

ALTENER (II) for the promotion of Renewable Energy Sources (RES), including photovoltaics, solar thermal (high and low temperature), wind, small hydro, marine, biomass and wastes and geothermal;

Immediate/Short-termLonger term | Reduction in demand (e.g. smaller engines)Advanced high-efficiency ICEsImproved hybrid electric designs with petrol, diesel, biodieselBio-diesel; bio-ethanolCo-processing of biomass with fossil fuelsSynthetic fuels from gas/coal-Fischer-TropschBiofuels from ligno-cellulosic feedstocksElectric vehicles (EVs) with advanced battery electricity storageHydrogen with fuel cellsAir transport: hydrogen/gas turbine | Low/medium temperature solar thermal applications for hot water, heating, cooling, industrial processesCombined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT)Nuclear fission (Gen III/III+)Wind energy (including offshore/ ...[+++]deep offshore)System integration (grid issues)Solid biomassFuel cells (SOFC, MCFC)Geothermal energy (including deep geothermal – HDR/HFR)Carbon capture and storage (CCS)Cleaner use of coal (steam/gas turbine, combined cycle) with CCSAdvanced fossil fuel plants (super/ultra-supercritical steam; Integrated Gasification CC (IGCC), with CCSSolar photovoltaic (PV)Solar thermal power plantsOcean energy (wave, sea current)Nuclear fission – Generation IVNuclear fusion |