climate change regulation Articles

Increasing interest in climate change from investors generates improvements in disclosure into business operations and strategies, reports Envido. A new survey from the Institutional Investors Group in Climate Change (IIGCC) revealed that the proportion of institutional investors who consider firms' climate change policies when making investment decisions has more than doubled in the past two ...

Jun. 9, 2010

By Vital Energi

This paper defines challenges currently facing the water industry globally that will affect water industry asset investment and development now and in the near future. Those challenges include energy price volatility, climate change regulation, asset capital costs and strategic resource considerations. This paper presents potential answers to these challenges in the context of the UK water ...

Feb. 28, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Camco developed a report assessing the implications of climate change for the South African economy, based on an analysis of national, regional and global mitigation measures. The report, entitled ‘Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for the South African Economy’, has attracted considerable policy maker and media attention in South Africa, and argues that climate change has ...

Jun. 27, 2012

By Camco Clean Energy Company

These regulations are the Climate Change (Liquid Fossil Fuels) Regulations 2008 [Draft for Consultation]. They come into force on 1 January 2009. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: Act means the Climate Change Response Act 2002biofuel has the same meaning as in section 1B of the Energy (Fuels, Levies, and References) Act 1989blend, in relation to a fuel specified in ...

Feb. 12, 2008

By New Zealand Government

These regulations are the Climate Change (Forestry Sector) Regulations 2008 [Draft for Consultation]. They come into force on the day after the date that sections 4 and 43 of the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Act 2008 come into force. They apply on and after 1 January 2008. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise require:Act means the Climate Change ...

Feb. 12, 2008

By New Zealand Government

This article sets the stage for the rest of this U.S.-focused issue by providing an analysis of prospects for federal legislation and regulation of climate change in the United States. It lays out the many drivers propelling the U.S. Congress to pass a mandatory cap on greenhouse gas emissions, including multiple and diverse efforts from states and nongovernmental organizations, as well as the ...

May 31, 2008

By Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

In this article, the authors point out main problems and perspectives related to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Italy. After a brief and general introduction for explaining main concerns and institutional frameworks involved in the development of international procedures suitable to deal with the problem at a global level, the status of Italian actions in the different economic ...

Apr. 26, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Introduction Continued reports of rising temperatures and melting polar ice caps made 2006 a year of unprecedented media coverage on global climate change. In fact, “carbon neutral” was named the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2006 “word of the year.”1 Climate change is quickly becoming solidified as the ultimate sustainability issue, one that touches each key element—a ...

Apr. 30, 2007

By Trinity Consultants

Continued reports of rising temperatures and melting polar ice caps made 2006 a year of unprecedented media coverage on global climate change. In fact, "carbon neutral" was named the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2006 "word of the year."1 Climate change is quickly becoming solidified as the ultimate sustainability issue, one that touches each key element—a pressing environmental, ...

May 10, 2007

By Trinity Consultants

The Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative (NREI) was established in the late 1990s to address important science questions resulting from previous studies undertaken by the Northern Rivers Basin Study (NRBS). This manuscript summarizes the results from a number of reports on hydrologic research conducted on the Peace-Athabasca-Slave river and lake systems. Specific concerns expressed by the NRBS ...

Jan. 31, 2006

By Springer

On the whole, EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is providing an opportunity to see the future of an upcoming era of climate change concerns mandating the regulation of energy efficiency. It also, the authors predict, will play a key role in the formulation of an era that likely will last for decades to come. While some have ...

Oct. 23, 2008

By Bloomberg BNA

In this globalised (and, in a sense, harmonised) world, a country and even an entity is not so free to play a game without complying with international and national rules of game. As usual, there exists dilemma on these rules of game in the real world. Even though international rules and national rules are closely interacting each other, in principle, international rules only provides commonly ...

Dec. 31, 2005

By Enhesa - Global EHS & Product Compliance Assurance

Canada has committed internationally to several agreements to limit climate change, most recently by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol in 2002. However, its domestic climate change policy is not reflective of these international commitments. In particular, federal government climate change policy over the last decade has emphasised noncompulsory policies such as voluntarism, information provision, and ...

Apr. 26, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

As private sector investment flows within and into developing countries rapidly increase, the public sector has a unique opportunity to ensure that these flows are directed to meet critical climate change investment needs. This paper informs the use of public funds to leverage private sector investment in climate-relevant projects. It focuses on the public sector’s use of financing ...

Nov. 30, 2012

By World Resources Institute WRI

President Bush’s Global Climate Change and Clear Skies initiatives*, announced in February, end a lengthy cabinetlevel review of US emissions policy, but mark a new stage in the national policy debate over climate change and air quality regulations.  Since the president’s early refutation of the Kyoto Protocol and his statement of opposition to the inclusion of carbon dioxide (CO2) in power ...

Dec. 31, 2001

By Environmental Markets Association (EMA)

Issues related to climate change and visibility rank as high priorities on the environmental management agenda for 2002. The following article will forecast key regulatory issues such as global climate change, NOx budget developments, and regional haze regulations in Class I areas and discuss their impact on ...

Dec. 31, 2001

By Trinity Consultants

Aviation globally is characterised by significant change and consequently the future of the sector has always been difficult to predict. This study adopts a systemic approach based on findings from exploratory interviews with UK aviation academics to: determine the roles of stakeholders in the air transport system; report the current issues facing the sector; explore how these issues interact and ...

May 5, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Because California is regarded as a bellwether state for environmental regulations, its efforts to combat or adapt to climate change will be watched closely and potentially replicated as other states and the federal government address the issue. In this article, the author looks at recent climate change legislative initiatives and litigation in California that are affecting the way it is viewing ...

Apr. 4, 2009

By Bloomberg BNA

On 10 November 2011, Enhesa held the first session of its most recent webinar, Asia’s Regulatory Outlook for 2012. Between the 10 & 15 November sessions, Enhesa hit a new record of over 600 registrations for the event, beating any other Enhesa webinar by roughly 150-200 registrants! Enhesa’s Yuko Dvorak-Miyata, Sarah O’Brien and Ellen Zhang presented the ...

Nov. 14, 2011

By Enhesa - Global EHS & Product Compliance Assurance

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