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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 [...]
17th Feb 2011 by Madlen King
The European Commission has launched a flagship initiative under the 2020 strategy entitled A resource-efficient Europe The document defines proposals for a strategic framework towards resource-efficient, and low-carbon growth in Europe and defines three conditions which must be met to achieve this coordinated action in a wide range of policy areas with political visibility and [...]
17th Feb 2011 by Madlen King
Last week the UNFCCC published a notification to parties and observer States regarding the UN Climate Change Talks, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3-8 April 2011. The meetings will include: the 16th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties the 14th session of the Ad Hoc [...]
17th Feb 2011 by Madlen King
Last week the California Air Resources Board, published their timelines for finalising the rules for emissions trading within California for a January 1st 2012 start date. The programme of work which can be accessed here http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade/programactivities.pdf details a variety of workshops throughout 2011 addressing offsets, compliance, allocation as well as linkages to other schemes in [...]
13th Dec 2010 by Andy Ritchie
Andrew Ritchie, Climate Change Services Manager, LRQA, blogs from day 9 of COP 16. “I never thought I’d find myself drawing parallels between COP 16 here in Cancun and Shrek (and probably a host of other films), but the clichéd line, ‘It’s quiet…too quiet’ seems particularly apt as a description of Day 9.”
13th Dec 2010
This video from LinkTV.org, covers the extravagant stunt put on by TckTckTck and Greenpeace illustrating civil society throwing a lifeline to the COP 16 negotiators on the final day of the conference.
9th Dec 2010 by Andy Ritchie
Unfortunately, as is to be expected at this stage of the COP negotiations, hard facts are difficult to obtain and uncertainty is rife, blogs Andrew Ritchie live from COP 16 in Cancun.
9th Dec 2010 by Andy Ritchie
Andrew Ritchie, Climate Change Services Manager, LRQA reports from week two of COP 16 in Cancun. “Today’s blog is naturally dominated by the commencement this afternoon of the High-Level Segment of these negotiations, and the subsequent ‘re-energising’ of expectations brought about by the arrival of world leaders and heads of state here in Cancun.”
9th Dec 2010 by Andy Ritchie
Andrew Ritchie, Climate Change Services Manager, LRQA reports from week two of COP 16 in Cancun. “My first day at COP 16 in Cancun, at the beginning of a second week of climate change negotiations which have, as yet, failed to come alive.”
6th Dec 2010
An article on Guardian.co.uk today, 5 December 2010, by Richard Branson dicusses how he thinks businesses need to play an integral part in the efforts in combating climate change.
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