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May 27, 2010
This story about EU climate goals was published by EurActiv on 27th May 2010. The EU’s climate chief unveiled a new communication arguing that increasing the EU’s 2020 climate goal to a 30% emission reduction from 1990 levels would be both affordable and technically feasible. The European Commission estimates that as a result of the… » read more
Since the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference China is being widely seen as the spoiler of international efforts to cope with climate change. Indeed, in Copenhagen it has not been very helpful. It has snubbed the USA and the EU by its refusal to subscribe to a global 50 percent reduction of green house… » read more
May 18, 2010
Since May 12, 2010 a new draft for an American Power Act is on the table. Senators Kerry and Liebermann have submitted a 1000 page (!) compromise proposal after a previous trilateral effort could not make the way to the Senator Floor because of party controversy concerning the priority to be attributed to immigration over… » read more
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C02 emissions, Cancun climate conference, Climate Goals, Climate Legislation, Climate Policy, Energy and Climate Change, English |
May 12, 2010
At the 1st European Regions Energy Day in Brussels, Klaus Klipp, Secretary General of the Assembly of European Regions, spoke to Blogactiv. He explained the role that European Regions are already having in changing to a lower emissions environment to help combat climate change.
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Climate Goals, Climate Legislation, Climate Policy, efficiency, Energy, Energy and Climate Change, energy policy, energy prices, English |
April 22, 2010
For the first time in history the European Air Space has been closed. For five days essentially all air traffic had come to a halt. Seven million air travellers – tourists, air commuters, officials, businessmen and even statesmen – could not reach their destinations by using aircraft, the fastest, cheapest and often the most convenient… » read more
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Air carriers, air transport, aviation, Climate Goals, Climate Legislation, Climate Policy, English, Transport, travel |
April 19, 2010
After being in place for almost three years the Union for the MED, invented by President Sarkozy to intensify the cooperation around the Mediterranean, has not been able to produce any visible results except putting in place a Secretariat in Barcelona and organise ministerial and official meetings. Energy and water were supposed to be among… » read more
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Climate Goals, Climate Legislation, Climate Policy, English, Environmental Policy, environnement, Mediterranean |
Everybody interested in the survival of the planet should pin his eyes and ears on Washington, April 26th. On that day a bi-partisan group of senators will release a new climate bill amending the 2009 House bill that had no chance to pass the Senate due to adamant resistance from conservative circles and States with… » read more
December 21, 2009
Whatever just happened in Copenhagen – and I reserve judgment ’til I’ve read a comprehensive debrief – the underlying problem of carbon overproduction hasn’t gone away. One thing is for sure: this post and millions like it, and the millions of emails and spam mails sent daily, will add their share of greenhouse gases to… » read more
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Brussels Capital of Europe, Climate Goals, Climate Legislation, English |
November 4, 2009
Climate change now ranks only third amongst the issues that Europeans consider to be the world’s most serious problem. The most serious global Issue is seen as ‘poverty, the lack of food and drinking water’ with the global economic downturn now ranking second. The Eurobarometer survey of Europeans’ attitudes towards climate change showed that in… » read more
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Climate Goals, Climate Legislation, Climate Policy, English, Environmental Policy |
April 29, 2009
Spurred by the ruling of the Environmental Protection Agency declaring C02 emissions a risk for human health and welfare, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has begun work on what might become one of the most ambitious pieces of legislation passed by Congress. Its basic contours would resemble EU legislation, in particular a cap and… » read more
