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Thai energy sector pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with COP21 agreement.
China ranks number one emitter of greenhouse gas while Thailand, the energy sector in particular, has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 % over the next 15 years in compliance with COP21 agreement, a seminar at SETA 2016 was told. In the seminar entitled “Sustainable Pathway to Low Carbon Energy Societies” organized by Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization ...
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COP21: Parliament`s roadmap for Paris UN climate talks
The EU and its member states must call for a 40% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and scale up climate finance commitments at the COP21 UN climate talks in Paris, Parliament said on Wednesday. MEPs also say a share of revenues from the EU's carbon market allowances should be earmarked for climate finance, and the aviation and shipping sectors should initiate measures to curb their ...
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WRI Response to EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework
Today the European Commission announced a climate and energy package for European Union (EU) heads of state to consider, which includes a domestic 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (below 1990 levels), a binding target of at least 27 percent renewable energy across the EU, and measures to improve the functioning of the Emissions Trading System. In addition, a series of ...
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West Coast states and British Columbia to link climate policies
The governors of Pacific coastal U.S. states and a Canadian province official are joining forces in a new effort to fight climate change. In an agreement announced Monday, the governors of California, Oregon, Washington and the environment minister of British Columbia, Mary Polak, will place a price on greenhouse gas pollution and mandate the use of cleaner-burning fuels. Polak and the ...
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EC welcomes final adoption of Europe`s climate and energy package
With this week's vote in the European Parliament on the climate and energy package, the EU has finalised a deal that will help Europe transform into a low-carbon economy and increase energy security. Fully in line with the Commission's proposals in January 2008, agreement has been reached on legally binding targets, by 2020, to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, to establish a 20% share for ...
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UK greenhouse gas emissions on track to hit Kyoto target
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has said that the UK is making progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but there is still much work to do. Provisional statistics published last week for total UK greenhouse gas emissions for 2007 showed a drop of two percent below the previous year, with 639.4 million metric tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent, down from 652.3 million metric tonnes in 2006. ...
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Carbon Forum America sets the stage for emissions trading in the US
After two days of conference sessions, exhibitor presentations via “Side Events“ and interaction on the trade show floor, Carbon Forum America came to a close at the Moscone Center in San Francisco where the event took place on February 26-27, 2008. The event was jointly organized between the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the Chicago-based show organizer Koelnmesse, Inc. ...
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Background on Kyoto Protocol
Negotiating the Protocol The adoption of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 was a major step forward in tackling the problem of global warming. Yet as greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels continued to rise around the world, it became increasingly evident that only a firm and binding commitment by developed countries to reduce emissions could send a signal strong enough ...
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BACKGROUND TO BALI (2): Climate change and the EU’s response
What is the problem? The world is getting rapidly warmer, and there is an overwhelming consensus among the leading climate scientists that this is being caused mainly by carbon dioxide and other 'greenhouse gases' emitted by human activities, chiefly the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation. These gases remain in the atmosphere for many decades and trap heat from the sun in the same way ...
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EU within reach of Kyoto targets
The EU-15 can meet, and may even over-shoot, its 2012 Kyoto target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 8 % below 1990 levels if Member States implement now all additional policies being planned, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), released today in Copenhagen. The report, 'Greenhouse gas emission trends and projections in Europe 2007', presents an evaluation ...
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EU Council of Ministers conclusions on climate change
Council Conclusions on climate change2826th ENVIRONMENT Council meetingLuxembourg, 30 October 2007 The Council adopted the following conclusions: 'The Council of the European Union, 1. RECALLS the (Environment) Council conclusions of 20 February 2007 as well as the 2007 Heads of State and Government Spring European Council conclusions which contain an outline of the essential elements of an ...
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Western Governors, Premiers Set Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
OLYMPIA, Washington, August 22, 2007 (ENS) - The eight members of the Western Climate Initiative, WCI, today announced that they have established a regional goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the West to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. By defining the goal before the end of August, WCI members met the timetable they set when the organization was created in February. On February ...
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UN Debates Urgent Action to Avert Global Warming
NEW YORK, New York, July 31, 2007 (ENS) – Top United Nations officials joined invited climate experts today in urging decisive action on a global scale to combat the challenges posed by climate change. 'We cannot continue with business as usual,' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a General Assembly meeting on the issue at UN Headquarters in New York. He cited the findings of the UN ...
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EU Plans Steep Emissions Cuts to Avert Climate Disaster
BRUSSELS, Belgium (ENS) - The European Commission today intensified its campaign to limit global warming with a new Energy Policy for Europe to fight climate change and boost the energy security and competitiveness of the EU's 27 member countries. The Commission, Europe's executive branch of government, warned that if left unchecked, global warming is likely to trigger regional conflicts, ...
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