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CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increased more than 3 times this decade
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 5 days ago
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The team comprises some 30 researchers from around the world, including Scott C...Since 2000, the scientists documented an overall increase of 29 percent in global CO2 emissions. They attributed the rise to increasing production and trade of manufactured...
Tags: co2 emissions, Scott C. Doney, Richard A. Houghton, fossil fuels, Denmark, Copenhagen, Environment, Carbon finance, Climate change, Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, Carbon dioxide, Greenhouse gas, Carbon monitoring, Action on climate change
Emissions to be cut "by all means"
Nakhon Pathom :: Thailand | 7 days ago
Credibility New energy measures are being drawn up to pave the way for a low-carbon society in Thailand, in line with an imminent international accord on control of carbon emissions. Energy Ministry deputy permanent secretary Norkun Sitthiphong in an interview said...
Tags: Thailand Business News Update, alternatively energy, Norkun Sitthiphong, million tonne, carbon society, co2 emissions, reduce co2, Thailand, Nakhon Pathom, Energy economics, Chemical engineering, Carbon capture and storage, Low-carbon economy, Kyoto Protocol, Climate change, Carbon finance, Carbon dioxide, Environment
CLIMATE CHANGE: Brazil to Recover Leadership Role with CO2 Limits
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 13 days ago
Credibility Brazil's decision to adopt voluntary reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions is an indication that the planet's climate change emergency has joined strategic, economic and ideological issues as a new factor on the global political agenda...Copenhagen,...
Tags: Brazilian, Eduardo Viola, Lula da Silva, million tonnes, Dilma Rousseff, emissions targets, co2 emissions, leadership role, greenhouse gas, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Carbon dioxide, Action on climate change, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Climate change, Diplomatic conferences, Carbon finance, Environment
Global temperatures will rise 6C by end of century, say scientists
London :: United Kingdom | 13 days ago
Credibility Global temperatures are on a path to rise by an average of 6C by the end of the century as CO2 emissions increase and the Earth's natural ability to absorb the gas declines, according to a major new study. The news will give greater urgency to the diplomatic...
Tags: Le Quéré, co2 emissions, carbon sink, Wolfgang Knorr, carbon emissions, United Kingdom, London, Mitigation of global warming, Soil respiration, Climate change, Greenhouse gas, Environment
Japan steelmakers see CO2 credit yield drop by 3 million tonnes
Tōkyō :: Japan | 13 days ago
Credibility Japanese steel makers now calculate carbon credits they have bought from abroad at 56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, a business lobby said on Tuesday, down 3 million tonnes from their previous estimate. Nippon Keidanren, Japan's main business lobby,...
Tags: million tonnes, carbon credit, Japan Iron, Nippon Keidanren, steel makers, Kyoto Protocol, co2 emissions, emissions cut, industry sectors, Japan, Tōkyō, Emissions trading, Carbon offset, Individual and political action on climate change, Carbon footprint, Carbon finance, Environment
Cap-and-Trade and Virginia’s Manufacturers
Toronto :: Canada | 13 days ago
Credibility Unfortunately, this position demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of global manufacturing today. The truth is ‘cap & trade’ is just another tax on businesses and consumers-regressively so on manufacturing-and it does nothing to stop ‘leakage’ to...
Tags: Virginia, Brett Vassey, written testimony, co2 emissions, Canada, Toronto, Greenwashing, Sustainability, Emissions trading, Air pollution, Carbon finance, Environment
A red light for the green car?
London :: United Kingdom | 19 days ago
Credibility 02 Switching over to using electric cars may not necessarily reduce carbon dioxide emissions or our dependence on oil, according to a new report from the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). The report said that although there are significant potential...
Tags: electricity cars, Environmental Transport Association, electricity vehicles, co2 emissions
New Study Shows Reducing Energy Intensity is Critical in Curbing CO2 Emissions
Reducing the amount of energy required to produce a unit of gross domestic product (GDP), particularly in the service sector, has been by far the greatest contributor to curbing emissions growth, according to a new World Bank study on changes in CO2 emissions....
Tags: World Bank, CO2 Emissions
Getting there green: minimize holiday travel C02 emissions
How did that happen? The holidays are upon us once again. It seems not all that long ago, Seattle was sweltering under record breaking heat that brought the highest temperatures in 118 years. In the blink of an eye Christmas decorations are in retail...
Tags: CO2 emissions, climate change, global warming, union of Concerned Scientists, greenhouse gases, energe efficient, green
Silver Lining in Dark Economic Times
According to a new study by the International Energy Agency, greenhouse gas emissions fell by about 2.6 percent, the steepest drop in emissions in 40 years. Fatih Birol, the Agency’s Chief Economist, told the Financial Times that the financial...
Tags: greenhouse gas, greenhouse emissions, CO2 emissions, economic crisis, international energy agency
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