The changing face of climate policy in China is bringing improvements to business travel management, with more local companies seeking to contribute to carbon emission offset programs, according to FCm Travel Solutions Greater China. Read more…
Details of £34m of cuts on low-carbon technology were published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today as part of £6.2bn savings across Whitehall. Read more…
In the absence of decisive intervention from governments, fossil fuels will remain the dominant energy source for the next 25 years to 30 years, despite strong growth in renewable-energy production and despite the build up of climate-changing carbon dioxide (C02) in the atmosphere, a leading US energy economist and author argues. Read more…
Leaders of the eight industrialized nations reiterated their willingness to share with all countries the goal of achieving at least a 50 percent reduction of global emissions by 2050. Read more…
Britain will miss its legal target to cut emissions by 80% by the middle of the century unless action is taken to cut greenhouse pollution from gas-powered stations, influential government advisers warned today. Read more…
A widely shared view among operatives on the global climate exchanges as well as most governments of rich countries is that, from a global perspective, forest carbon capture by poor rainforest countries constitutes ‘low-hanging fruit’ available for cheap harvesting through market-based efforts to combat global warming and climate change. Read more…
Scientists have found the apparent role of carbon dioxide in the intensification of the Ice Ages and corresponding temperature changes in the tropical oceans. Read more…
The world is failing to meet goals to develop carbon capture technology, the energy watchdog to industrialised economies said on Monday as it reported back to G8 countries on their past promises. Read more…
A key concern for environmentalists has always been climate change. Read more…
Delay to a draft of a U.S. climate change bill this week has frustrated some investors in the voluntary carbon market, who were tipping it to become the template of a federal climate change bill. Read more…