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30th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
Building on the success of the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series, today is the beginning of the Lloyd’s Register COP 15 blog. Dr Anne-Marie Warris, our leading climate change expert, is our blogger for day one. Her first post is up now. The blog will run at least through the Copenhagen negotiations, with several leading experts from different sectors and nationalities posting their views on the COP negotiations.
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.
12th Oct 2009
New Energy Finance and the World Economic Forum have warned that unless at least $515bn per annum is invested in clean energy between now and 2030, carbon emissions will reach a level deemed unsustainable by scientists, causing temperatures to rise by two degrees globally.
3rd Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan
With the Copenhagen round less than three months away, it’s easy to forget that Kyoto – signed by 37 industrialised countries and the European Union — is nearing its 12th birthday. Its critics argue that few signatory nations will meet their binding five-year targets to reduce by 5% their county’s green house emissions by 2012 [...]
Event: 21st Oct 2009
This Live Webinar takes a look at the upcoming inclusion of the aviation sector into the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Madlen King, LRQA’s Global Climate Change Manager, will be presenting. Madlen provided key technical input as part of the group advising the European Union on the Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines (MRG) and verification requirements of the aviation sectors’ inclusion into the EU ETS.
24th Jun 2009
The Climate Action Reserve has released the final version of the Verification Program Manual. This document provides verification bodies with a standardized approach for the independent and rigorous verification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and removals.
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.
21st May 2009 by Alex Briggs
Today’s thought of the day comes from one of the world’s leading climate change influencers, Yvo de Boer, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
Failing to recognise the urgency of climate change and acting on it would be nothing less than criminally irresponsible.
At The Guardian Climate Change Summit on 15 June 2009, Yvo de Boer is just one of the leading thinkers from the climate change community who will be sharing insight, solutions and strategies to ensure your business can actively reduce impact on our climate. Click here for further info and a speaker programme.
7th May 2009
This Carbon Disclosure Project – Supply Chain Report 2009 looks for the first time at how businesses are responding to the call for action and transparency in managing carbon and climate change in their supply chain.
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