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Closing the Gigatonne gap with low carbon development strategies
Closing the Gigatonne gap with low carbon development strategies An analysis released yesterday demonstrates how waiting to take on deeper greenhouse gas reduction pledges will make it far more costly to avoid dangerous global warming. This reemphasises the message of … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, durban, Gigatonne gap, UNFCCC
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Durban update: will China do what the US refuses to do?
Since the Copenhagen climate conference delivered a tepid political statement about combating climate change, the United States has tried to argue that it has all it wants out of an international accord. That is to say, very light on international … Continue reading
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Take the blue pill
New pro–gas report presents alternate reality In the movie the Matrix, Morpheus invites Neo to choose between two pills. Taking the red pill will allow Neo to escape from the Matrix and fight for freedom in the real world. If … Continue reading
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Tagged IHS CERA report, shale gas, Sound Energy Policy for Europe
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EU F-gas policy goes pffffft
Last week the European Commission published its review (COM 2011/581) of the fluorinated gases (F-gas) Regulation (842/2006). It was a depressing confirmation of what we NGOs predicted years ago: the leak-prevention approach doesn’t work nearly as well as intended. The … Continue reading
EU nuclear post-Fukushima
Speech, 22 September 2011, European Policy Centre, Brussels I will start by addressing the main question of the day – what was the effect of the Fukushima disaster on the path of nuclear power in Europe? The short answer is … Continue reading