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15th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
W Ian Hamilton is today’s Lloyd’s Register COP 15 blogger. He is the Technical Director for Human Engineering, a member of the Lloyd’s Register Group. His insightful post takes a look at what can be done to influence human behaviour in regards to climate change. May be the best post in the series yet?
10th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
On day three of the COP 15 global climate change conference, the CDM was still firmly on the agenda. Marine also remained a central topic.Dr Anne-Marie Warris shares her thoughts on day three of the conference in the last daily edition of the Lloyds’ Register Copenhagen Podcast Series.Visit www.copenhagencountdown.blogspot.com for the Lloyd’s Register Daily Blog.
9th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
On day two of the COP 15 global climate change conference, several important themes began emerging. The future of the CDM was a recurrent theme throughout the day, with the CDM Q and A session being a standing room only meeting. A joint IMO/ICAO (marine and aviation organisations) also drawing a large crowd.
8th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
On day one of the COP 15 global climate change conference, we were in Copenhagen and interviewed two of the Lloyd’s Register Group’s leading global climate change experts, Dr Anne-Marie Warris and Sean Cuthbert. In this 5-minute podcast, they shared their first impressions and expectations of the conference. Visit www.copenhagencountdown.blogspot.com for the Lloyd’s Register Daily Blog.
13th Nov 2009
Madlen King, LRQA’s Climate Change Manager and a leading EU ETS expert, answered the questions of aircraft operators and other members of the audience of the recent LRQA Business Assurance Webinar on EU ETS Aviation.
10th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 3 of the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series features an interview with Anton van Himbergen, Principal Consultant for Lloyds Register Rail in Utrecht, Holland. In this interview, Anton talks about the climate change issues that the rail and road transport industries will be watching during the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) negotiations in Copenhagen, December 7-18.
Anton talked about both the current situation for rail and road transport, as well as the most likely issues in the future, stating, ” It is important for the rail sector to focus on long-term sustainable planning to improve the climate friendliness of the railway system.”
23rd Oct 2009
Watch the LRQA recorded webinar now, where Madlen King’s, LRQA’s Global Climate Change manager, technical expertise created two interactive sessions that led to a stronger understanding of the implications of the EU ETS amendments and the effect they will have on the aviation industry.
7th Aug 2009
South Korea and Mexico have announced that they will set carbon emission targets ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen this December, Environmental Leader reports.
28th May 2009
Dr Holmes said that the major refineries could probably reduce their emissions by 60% while remaining commercially viable, but further cuts would only be made if demand dropped.
24th Mar 2009 by Madlen King
Global developments in Carbon Capture and Storage are rapidly progressing. The Sunday Times reports on proposals announced by Scottish Power for the implementation of “carbon capture” technology via liquefaction and burial at sea at the existing coal-fired power station at Longannet, in Fife. Scottish Power believes its 300 megawatt plant could be up and running [...]
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