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6th Mar 2012 by Madlen King
A senior parliamentary committee of MEPs met last week and agreed an amendment to the Energy Efficiency Directive that would allow the European Commission to cut the supply of permits in the EUs Emissions Trading Scheme. The amendment, allowing the Commission to take measures by the end of the year, will address the current market [...]
1st Feb 2012 by Madlen King
The EU Commission, on Monday, issued their cost-benefit analysis of moving to a 30% target. The paper, concludes that due to: the effect of the EU’s climate change policies and measures implemented between 2005 and 2008; higher energy prices; and the economic crisis, faster emissions reductions have been achieved in the region than were originally [...]
20th Jan 2012 by Madlen King
Yesterday the European Union launched a public consultation on possible measures that the European Commission could take to cut greenhouse gas emissions from ships. This consultation seeks to collect opinions on GHG emissions and their climate change impacts from this sector, with a view to shaping a possible Commission proposal in the future. The Commission’s [...]
Event: 28th Nov 2011 – 9th Dec 2011 by Madlen King
The 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 17), will be held in the sunny city of Durban, South Africa.
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 [...]
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.
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