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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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When Hydroelectric Meets Climate Change: Lessons For Renewable Diversity

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Reliance on hydroelectric power can lead to drought, famine and turmoil when not combined with other power sources and when future climate projections are ignored.
Around the world, governments which rarely agree on anything all agree with one thing: that climate change is a real danger to civilisation. Developed and developing nations are pursuing greater levels [...]

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All The Green Eggs In One Basket: Why China Is Not The Bottom Line Of Offshoring Climate Change

Posted on 14. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Worried about China’s inexorable financial growth and exploding levels of carbon dioxide emissions?
Worry less about China and more about everyone else, as the most populous country on Earth starts to see the effects of one of global capitalism’s least popular phenomena: offshoring.
The growing strength of the yuan is starting to destroy the margins of domestic [...]

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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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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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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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China Prepares For Carbon Intensity Targets In Copenhagen

Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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In what could be a seismic step forward for the chances of success at this year’s Copenhagen conference, China has signalled that it is considering setting targets for carbon intensity - the ratio of carbon dioxide emissions to economic output. By doing so, China’s softened stance would likely be reciprocated by the USA, opening the [...]

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Future Demand For Water Will Cause Rising Energy Prices

Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Ross.

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Water shortages and their direct effects on human populations have dominated the news long before global warming became a mainstream concept, especially in drought-ridden areas of Africa. As the world’s population continues to exponentially explode, rural-urban migration continues unabated and increases in personal wealth fuels greater demands and expectations, water resources will be increasingly stretched [...]

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Governments Seek Green Solution To Credit Crunch

Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by Ross.

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As the world continues to slide into recession, many would have predicted that environmental initiatives would have been amongst the first for the governmental policy chop. As country after country has announced their plans to fight against the downward spiral, however, the green agenda seems to have been furthered by politicians looking to combine Keynesian [...]