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Copenhagen Conundrum 1: National Carbon Emissions Targets and the Danish Text
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Ross.
As part of a series of posts surrounding the diplomatic shenanigans currently occuring in Copenhagen this month, Energy-Saving News focuses on a selection of the key areas of debate standing between the world’s countries and a meaningful global accord against the looming prospect of climate change.
In the first of these posts, we’re talking targets - [...]
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Environmental 10:10 Campaign Prefers War To Flying
Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Ross.
In a rather callous approach to fighting climate change, the UK 10:10 emission reduction campaign has welcomed an arms manufacturer with open arms whilst rejecting for the first time an airport authority.
MBDA Missile Systems are a UK-based arms manufacturer who produce over 3,000 missiles a year, including the big-brand Exocet missile. By joining the 10:10 [...]
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USA, China Agree Carbon ‘Easing’ Targets… But What Are They?
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Ross.
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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Japan’s New Government Commits To Leading The World With Carbon Reductions
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Ross.
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 [...]
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Australia and New Zealand Agonise Over Carbon Reduction Targets
Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Ross.
In the spectrum of the ambition of industrialised nations to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Australia and New Zealand have traditionally occupied the same end of the scale as the USA: could do better and don’t really care.
As the Copenhagen conference begins to loom ever closer, intensifying international debate on the carbon [...]
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India Unmoveable On Climate Change Commitments
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Ross.
Despite growing international pressure to commit to legally binding carbon emission targets at December’s Copenhagen climate change conference, India is continuing to robustly ignore criticism in its continuing surge towards economic development.
The presence of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did little to dissuade Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh from declaring that India would never [...]
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Russian Climate Change Targets To Spark All-Out Copenhagen Carbon War
Posted on 23. Jun, 2009 by Ross.
Whilst the rest of the world was announcing their intentions of how much carbon dioxide to stop emitting in to the atmosphere, Russia had remained noticeably and ominously quiet. Having kept its cards to its chest longest, the Kremlin finally played its hand on Friday with a target which left other governments open-mouthed for all [...]
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Japan Carbon Emission Target Leaves Green Groups Appalled
Posted on 10. Jun, 2009 by Ross.
Japan, under international pressure to commit to clear carbon emission reduction targets prior to the Copenhagen Conference in December, has appalled environmental groups with the worst target for any of the top industrialised nations.
Japan has committed to a 15% cut in carbon emissions by 2020 from 2005 levels. This figure represents one of the worst [...]
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World’s First Government Carbon Budget Announced By UK Chancellor
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Ross.
Today the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling MP, made history by releasing the details of a legally-binding greenhouse gas budget to work in tandem with the country’s conventional financial budget. The Budget statement contained budgets for carbon dioxide emissions alongside projections for taxation and spending.
The carbon budgets are expected to run across five-year [...]
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