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UK and India Proves That Not All Of Copenhagen Was All Talk And No Action

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Ross.

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Copenhagen was full of hot air, right? Commitments by developed and developing nations fell short of the mark then and have since been further scaled back, correct? There’s no hope for further progress on the international response to climate change, is there?
Some countries have other ideas.
The Copenhagen agreement was a complicated beast, and although most [...]

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Malaysian Energy Prices Set To Rise

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Ross.

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Malaysia is bracing itself for substantial energy prices rises, with many companies and industries making a deliberate push towards energy saving solutions in order to counter the possibility of rising cost overheads.
Presently, Malaysia’s tariff rates are the third lowest in the region after Vietnam and Indonesia, but a tariff review will be imminent if international [...]

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After Copenhagen, The Carbon Tariff Trade Wars Begin

Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Ross.

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In the aftermath of the global economic collapse, the industrialised world looked back at the lessons of the 1930s and realised that the fastest way out of recession was to avoid protectionist trade wars and to keep international markets as open as possible, in order to try to keep trade flowing as freely as possible [...]

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Copenhagen Conundrum 4: Aviation And International Shipping

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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One part of the Copenhagen conference trying to quietly slip under the radar is the inclusion on shipping and aviation emissions into national carbon reduction targets.
Few people remain ignorant of the environmental cost of flying: worldwide aviation emissions have risen by 50% since 1990 on the back of cut-price aeroplane operators and rising affluence. (Having [...]

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India Makes Strides In Renewables And Energy Efficiency; Ominous Accord With USA

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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India is still the Jekyll and Hyde of climate change this week: despite positive announcements over solar power targets and steps to help transfer low-carbon technologies to developing countries, their growing agreement with climate change sloth the USA could spell trouble at the Copenhagen negotiating table in December.
After months of rumours and draft report leaks, [...]

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USA, China Agree Carbon ‘Easing’ Targets… But What Are They?

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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After months of political to-ing and fro-ing, the two most polluting nations on Earth today agreed to set binding carbon dioxide emissions targets at the Copenhagen Conference next month.
Despite the press conference held between Hu Jintao and the visiting Barak Obama to announce the agreement, as well as the outcome of other discussions including trade, [...]

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India: Climate Change’s Jekyll & Hyde

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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As Copenhagen approaches, countries are slowly but surely aligning their political commitments to carbon reduction in order to come to an effective and agreeable international agreement to avoid catastrophic climate change.
India, however, seems to still be reading a different script.
The signals emanating from India are constantly confusing and contradictory: just when India looks unmoveable on climate [...]

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Copenhagen: There Is No Plan B

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Ross.

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At a time when the US is stalling for more time in order to bring it’s own (rather unambitious) climate change cap-and-trade legislation to the negotiating table, UK prime minister Gordon Brown has delivered the European view.
The Copenhagen climate change talks are still the last chance: we have 50 days to set the course of [...]

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South Korea: Leading The World The Wrong Way In Carbon Emissions

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Ross.

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Think about the world’s worst environmental offenders with respect to climate change, and the same culprits always spring to mind: USA, Australia, China, India, Canada… South Korea?!
Whilst the rest of the world have bickered over who should reduce carbon emissions the most, South Korea have managed to sneak under the eco-radar in true anti-climate ninja [...]

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China Joins The Climate Change Club, Leaving USA In The Cold

Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Shhh… don’t tell anyone, but China’s about to complete a political blind-siding of epic proportions this week at the UN’s NY°C climate change summit in New York.
Chinese President Hu Jintao is expected to announce massive and sweeping pollution commitments for the Eastern superpower, laying down carbon intensity targets, huge renewable energy projects, big increases in [...]

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Japan’s New Government Commits To Leading The World With Carbon Reductions

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Having firmly ousted the previous administration, Japan’s Democratic Party are turning the country from an environmental laggard to a world leader.
The new government has confirmed that a 25% drop in carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 levels by 2020, a prominent campaign message during the recent election campaign, is now the country’s official carbon target which [...]