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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 [...]
18th Jul 2011 by Madlen King
On Friday a committee of the IMO approved changes to existing regulations to mandate energy efficiency tools that have until now been applied on a voluntary basis, Point Carbon reports. The Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) will result in ships built from 2015-2019 improving their efficiency by 10%, increasing to 20% from 2020-2024 and 30% [...]
18th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 11 of the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series is an interview with Karin Sjolin-Frudd, one of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)’s leading environmental experts. Karin presented the results of an independent climate change and shipping study during the COP 15 conference in Copenhagen.
16th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Lloyd’s Register COP 15 blog
LRQA Copenhagen links of the day:
December 17, 2009
December 16, 2009
Copenhagen Podcast Series
Episode 10, Interview with Paul Genoa, Nuclear Energy Institute
Episode 6 Final episode with Dr Anne-Marie Warris
Episode 5, Standards and Schemes interview with Madlen King, LRQA
10th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
On day three of the COP 15 global climate change conference, the CDM was still firmly on the agenda. Marine also remained a central topic.Dr Anne-Marie Warris shares her thoughts on day three of the conference in the last daily edition of the Lloyds’ Register Copenhagen Podcast Series.Visit www.copenhagencountdown.blogspot.com for the Lloyd’s Register Daily Blog.
9th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
On day two of the COP 15 global climate change conference, several important themes began emerging. The future of the CDM was a recurrent theme throughout the day, with the CDM Q and A session being a standing room only meeting. A joint IMO/ICAO (marine and aviation organisations) also drawing a large crowd.
8th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
On day one of the COP 15 global climate change conference, we were in Copenhagen and interviewed two of the Lloyd’s Register Group’s leading global climate change experts, Dr Anne-Marie Warris and Sean Cuthbert. In this 5-minute podcast, they shared their first impressions and expectations of the conference. Visit www.copenhagencountdown.blogspot.com for the Lloyd’s Register Daily Blog.
6th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 6 of the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series features an interview with the Lloyd’s Register Group’s leading global climate change expert, Dr Anne-Marie Warris. Anne-Marie was also the interviewee in episode 1 and episode 2, as well as being the interviewer for episode 4. In the episode in the series, Anne-Marie takes a look at the developments that have taken place over the past weeks that will have a direct effect on the COP 15 negotiations.
30th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 5 of the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series features an interview with the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) Global Climate Change Manager, Madlen King. Madlen talks about the importance of the COP 15 Copenhagen discussions for the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, including CDM, JI and the EU ETS.
She also takes a look at the recent inclusion of the Aviation sector in the EU ETS.
23rd Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 4 of the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series features a discussion between Dr Anne-Marie Warris, the Lloyd’s Register Group’s leading climate change expert and Sean Cuthbert, Lloyd’s Register Energy’s climate change expert. Anne-Marie and Sean take a closer look at the key issues that the different elements within the energy sector will be watching during the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) negotiations in Copenhagen, December 7-18.
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