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ETS can work: MIT report
Mon, 8 March 2010
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Environment Policy Research Centre has released a report on emissions trading schemes, claiming that they can be effective in reducing emissions without having a significant economic impact.
UNFCC head resigns
Fri, 19 February 2010
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Yvo de Boer has announced that he will resign from him position to join the consultancy group KPMG as Global Adviser on Climate and Sustainability.
Abu Dhabi’s global energy summit kicks off
Mon, 18 January 2010
The World Future Energy Summit, which kicked off this week at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, has gained the support of some of the world’s leading businesses.
2009 second hottest year on record
Thu, 14 January 2010
Australia is the hottest and driest it has ever been, according to a Bureau of Meteorology statement vindicating global warming.
COP15 reaches an accord
Mon, 21 December 2009
The United Nations Climate Change talks in Copenhagen have resulted in a political accord between a limited number of developing and developed nations, rather than a legally binding agreement.
Copenhagen pledges must be raised says IEA
Wed, 16 December 2009
The International Energy Association (IEA) says that pledges being discussed at the Copenhagen Climate Conference “fall short” of what is needed to stave off dangerous global warming.
Flying the five-winged clean energy plane to Copenhagen
Tue, 15 December 2009
There’s a new emissions plan in the wind for Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong to take to Copenhagen.
COP15 organisers still hopeful for climate success
Tue, 8 December 2009
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15), has been opened with messages of optimism and determination from its organisers.
No emissions trading scheme for Australia (yet)
Mon, 7 December 2009
The Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) bill has been voted down in the Senate.
US to offer 17 per cent emissions target by 2020
Thu, 26 November 2009
United States President Barrack Obama will propose an emissions reduction target of 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020, in line with proposed US energy and climate legislation.
No delay for Climate Change talks says Danish MP
Wed, 4 November 2009
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard has said that global climate talks cannot be postponed any further.
UK map illustrates global impacts if warming exceeds 2 degrees
Fri, 23 October 2009
A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep temperature change to under 2°Celsius, shows that a global temperature rise of 4°Celsius above the pre-industrial climate average will see the land heat up more quickly than the sea, with average land temperatures of 5.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Energy at the core of a solution on climate change: IEA
Thu, 8 October 2009
The economic downturn has created an opportunity to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said.
Australia needs to become more ‘carbon competitive’
Mon, 14 September 2009
Mexico and Argentina are the only two G20 countries that are improving carbon competitiveness fast enough to be on track to stabilise global greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 parts per million (ppm) or lower, a report for the Climate Institute has found.
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