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UK Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change Recognise GHG Emissions as a Transboundary Issue

23rd Apr 2012

A Commons Select Committee last week concluded that governments need to be open about ‘outsourcing emissions’ and the complete impact that a nation’s consumption has on the world’s climate.

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EU Parliamentary Committee Agrees EU ETS Set-aside

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 [...]

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Carbon Expo Barcelona

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 [...]

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UNFCCC Publishes Meeting Notification for Climate Change Talks in Bangkok

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 [...]

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LRQA COP16 Blog, Day 9 – It’s quiet…too quiet’

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.”

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LRQA COP 16 Blog, Day 8 – Hard facts difficult to obtain and uncertainty is rife

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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Business needs to play an integral part in combating climate change

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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LRQA COP 16 Blog, Day five – Debate about future of Kyoto Protocol

6th Dec 2010 by Madlen King

By Madlen King, Global Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, LRQA Follow LRQA on Twitter @LRQA_CC_CSR The fifth day of week one of Cancun saw in-depth debate on the future of the Kyoto Protocol. In order to reach any kind of conclusion at the end of next week, one would have hoped that all of [...]

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LRQA COP 16 Blog, Day four – Negotiations Progressing Steadily in Cancun

3rd Dec 2010 by Madlen King

Madlen King, Global Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, LRQA, reports from day four of COP 16.

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Luis Carneiro from LRQA, reports live from COP 16

3rd Dec 2010

Luis Carneiro, Climate Change Manager Latin America, LRQA Ltd blogs about his attendance at the official meeting of the SBSTA (Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice) yesterday on subjects relating to the CDM, at the impressive Moon Palace.

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