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Event: 1st Jun 2011 – 3rd Jun 2011 by Madlen King
In just five years, this event, held at the heart of Southern Europe, the Mediterranean area , has established itself as the world’s leading global event for stakeholder in the Carbon Market in just five years. In 2010, 250 exhibitors from 83 countries and around 3,000 visitors from 111 countries attended the carbon market’s leading [...]
2nd Dec 2010
Speaking to the media on the third day of the conference, Christiana Figueres said that Cancun can deliver on adaptation, technology transfer, forests and funding, and can also clarify what to do about the Kyoto Protocol and how to anchor targets and actions. Compromise is the key word, she stressed, adding that she sees the [...]
19th Nov 2010 by Madlen King
The ‘World Energy Outlook 2010’ published by the International Energy Agency last week reflects on what it calls ‘the twin challenges of climate change and energy security’. According to the Annual report, the non-binding outcome of COP15 – the Copenhagen Accord – ‘falls a long way short of what is required to set us on [...]
19th Nov 2010 by Madlen King
An annual fixture in the Aircraft Manufacture & Finance industry calendar, The Geneva Forum has been bringing together Airframe and Engine manufacturers, Airline Fleet Planners and Financial Directors, Lessors, Commercial & Multilateral Financiers and Aviation experts for 25 years! 350 industry leaders from 35 countries are expected in Geneva from 21 – 24 February for the annual Aircraft Finance [...]
Event: 1st Mar 2011 – 3rd Mar 2011 by Madlen King
Carbon Market Insights 2011 Even as international climate policy is sluggish, weighed down by gloomy economies in many countries, business opportunities in the climate change area are proliferating. Several new emissions trading schemes are on the drawing board – massively scaled up financing is starting to reach developing economies – low carbon investments in energy [...]
Event: 29th Nov 2010 – 10th Dec 2010 by Madlen King
COP16/CMP6 is the 16th edition of Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP) and the 6th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP). The aim is to discuss future commitments for industrialized countries under the Kyoto Protocol, the Conference of [...]
27th Oct 2010 by Madlen King
Madlen King, LRQA’s Global Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, was a panelist during the “CDM – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” session on Day One of the Carbon Forum Asia in Singapore
25th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan
The international maritime transport community expects the annual volume of green-house gasses (GHG) emitted by commercial shipping to grow 55% to 1,345 metric tonnes (Mt) by 2020. In 2007, global shipping’s GHG emissions reached 870 Mt — or roughly equivalent to Germany’s production over the same period – but that figure is expected to quadruple [...]
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.
9th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan
Aviation experts have welcomed a new proposal from recently formed Aviation Global Deal (AGD), with many saying they believe the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry’s governing body and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), are unlikely to reach agreement with United Nations for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December.
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