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CRC Deadlines: 4 Weeks To Register, 7 Months To Escape

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Ross.

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The green media has been reporting that, a month before D-day for CRC registration, 1698 organisations of the 3-4000 CRC participants have already registered, putting the energy-efficiency scheme’ on course’ for the vast majority to register before heavy fines kick in.
What they remain unaware of, is that the same companies only have 7 months left [...]

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Climate Change Crop Yields Will Lead To Starvation

Posted on 11. Aug, 2010 by Ross.

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With all-time record temperatures being set worldwide this year, and the trend likely to continue as the world warms under climate change, the question of how such temperatures will affect us all is an obvious one.
The current headlines coming out of Russia are similar to those generated by the 2003’s European heatwave - the deadliest [...]

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Record Temperatures And Record Energy Use

Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by Ross.

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17 countries around the world have recorded all-time national record temperatures this summer, giving people from different corners of the world more of an idea of what to expect from future climate change.
With the Russian 37°C heatwave currently doubling Moscow’s death rate, and Pakistan suffering from cataclysmic flooding, these warm weather patterns are bringing more [...]

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The Ugly Face Of Climate Compensation: Saudi Arabia And Equador

Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Ross.

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One of the key negotiating points in the continuing grudge match of international climate change diplomacy surrounds the demands of developing countries for western nations to foot the bill both for climate adaptation and low-carbon growth.
The argument generally goes like this: developed nations have caused climate change by polluting the atmosphere in their quest for [...]

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International Climate Negotiations Are Dead (Thanks America), But That’s Not Stopping China

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Whatever lingering hopes the most blindly optimistic of climate negotiators had of finding further progress in the wake of the Copenhagen disaster was extinguished by the announcement that the US Senate was to abandon its attempts to pass some form of carbon emissions regulation. However, other countries including China are continuing with their decarbonisation strategies [...]

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New CRC Strategy Guide: The Art Of CRC

Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Wondering what strategy you need to get to the top of the CRC league table? Are you still focused on the accounting side of the scheme formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment, and haven’t looked ahead to what’s on the horizon? Haven’t you run any numbers yet, and not spotted the finer detail which [...]

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Energy Efficiency Twice As Powerful As Clean Energy

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Still doubting whether using energy efficient lighting can really help save the planet?
Well, Australians seem to think so now. The Energy Efficiency Council of Australia issued a report which estimates that under current trends and investments, energy efficiency will deliver 65% of global carbon reduction by 2020 and 53% by 2030.
That means that over the [...]

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CRC Strategy Guide - Coming 19th July 2010

Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Update: The Art Of CRC strategy guide is now available. Click on the link to download it, or read more about the launch here.
Still scratching your corporate head about what to do about your environmental commitments under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme? Is your company still one of the thousands still risking fines by not [...]

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Carbon Trust Cuts To Fund Green Investment Bank?

Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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According to the Sunday Times, the Carbon Trust is now facing the axe as part of efforts to fund the new green investment bank that successive governments have touted. Whilst green start-ups will be initially excited at the prospect of less red tape and quangos, businesses around the UK look set to lose a vital [...]

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Africa’s Great Green Wall Of Trees To Fight The Sahara Desert

Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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Despite the emphasis on developed countries to cut their carbon footprints, and the major developing nations such as India and China to reduce the carbon intensity of their growth, the biggest front in the war against climate change has opened up in Africa: the continent least responsible and most affected.
Planning for the Desertec Project - [...]

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Energy Shortages Ahoy! No New UK Nuclear Before 2017

Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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Remember those two nuclear power plants every year forever that the UK needs to build?
Well, last week’s announcement that the UK government would be cancelling the £80m loan to Sheffield Forgemasters to enable them to invest a new press for creating nuclear pressure vessels was the death-knell for the immediate prospects of nuclear power in [...]