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10.05.2011
80% of Energy Use Could be Renewable by 2050: UN
Renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydropower could fulfil almost 80 percent of the world's energy demand by 2050 with the right policies, according to a U.N. report which won backing from governments on Monday.
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09.05.2011
Committee on Climate Change calls for renewable energy revolution
The independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) will today release a major new report arguing that the UK should be able to deliver at least 30 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 as part of efforts to deliver deep cuts in carbon emissions.
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05.05.2011
Zuma: Fast-growing Africa must rethink its global role
Propelled by high growth and an expanding middle class, Africa has entered a new chapter in its history. Its countries must change the way they relate to the rest of the world and to each other, South African President Jacob G. Zuma told more than 900 business, government and civil society leaders from 60 countries in the opening session of the 21st World Economic Forum on Africa.
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29.04.2011
Business Roundtable Urges EPA to Stop Greenhouse Gas Rules
The Business Roundtable, a group of chief executives officers from companies such as General Electric Co. (GE) and Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), urged the Obama administration to abandon efforts to regulate greenhouse gases from industrial polluters.
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27.04.2011
Korea and IMO join forces against CO2
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and South Korea have announced an aid programme for the east Asian region targeting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction in shipping. The move is the latest sign of the growing push by Asian economies to embrace the opportunities of the green economy, not just in shipping and ports but across the industrial spectrum.
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27.04.2011
AFB to host regional climate change workshop
LATIN America and the Caribbean's ability to adapt to the devastating impacts of climate change is expected to improve with the hosting of a major capacity-building workshop in the region this year.
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26.04.2011
Manuel appointed to UN Green Climate Fund Committee
South Africa’s National Planning Commission Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed to the transitional committee responsible for the design of the Green Climate Fund, which would be established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as agreed at the 16th Conference of the Parties in Cancun in 2010.
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26.04.2011
Japan greenhouse gas emissions hit record low in 2009/10
Japan's greenhouse gas emissions hit a record low in the year to March 2010, data showed on Tuesday, but emissions may rise this fiscal year despite an expected economic slowdown if the country turns to fossil fuels to make up for lost nuclear power in the wake of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
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25.04.2011
UN targets black carbon emissions
MANILA, Philippines – United Nations member-countries are considering strategies to reduce black carbon emissions, one of the air pollutants identified by scientists as an important link to climate change because of its role in contributing to global warming.
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25.04.2011
Trade shifts help rich meet climate goals: study
OSLO (Reuters) - The shift in manufacturing to emerging nations is doing more to curb rich countries' greenhouse gas emissions than measures they are taking to meet the U.N. pact to fight climate change, a study showed.
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19.04.2011
UN finds NZ credibility gap on emissions
A United Nations review has found a large credibility gap between New Zealand's target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and the measures in place to achieve it.
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