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NOVEMBER 29, 2009
However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations. Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. by Jack Rosebro.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 28, 2010
The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Air travel within the EU remained the fastest growth area, increasing 48% between 1997 and 2007.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
billion tonnes in 2007). tonnes are still below the EU-27 average, but now equal those of Italy. The report shows that the current efforts to change the mix of energy sources cannot yet compensate for the ever increasing global demand for power and transport. billion tonnes in 2010 as compared to 4.2 Source: JRC.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
More than 27 GW of new wind power generation capacity came online in 2008, 36% more than in 2007. Wind energy is the only power generation technology that can deliver the necessary cuts in CO 2 in the critical period up to 2020, when greenhouse cases must peak and begin to decline to avoid dangerous climate change.
Green Cars News
JULY 8, 2009
Current climate change policies which focus on overall carbon emissions are failing and should be abandoned, a consortium of research institutes concludes. How to Get Climate Policy Back on Course is the sequel to The Wrong Trousers: Radically Re-thinking Climate Policy (2007), its influential LSE/Oxford predecessor.
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JULY 22, 2009
In connection with this year’s Group of Eight conference in Italy, China reiterated its opposition to participating in emission reduction plans while at the same time drafting a $440-billion renewable energy package. billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007.
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APRIL 21, 2010
By April last year, sixteen Member States had CO 2 -related taxation, up from fourteen in 2008, eleven in 2007 and nine in 2006. Italy chose not to prolong its one-year fleet renewal scheme which included both CO 2 -based incentives and incentives for electric vehicles. New to the list is Belgium. Overview of EU CO 2 -based taxes.
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