environmental governance News

Growing demand for carbon technologies to meet 20C scenario along with strict government regulations to curb carbon footprint will drive the carbon capture and storage market size. Product ability to reduce carbon emission by 85% to 90% makes its adoption preferable over other available alternates. According to New Source Performance Standards in the U.S., the new coal fired plant can emit 1400 ...

Apr. 6, 2018

By Global Market Insights, Inc.

Eco Expo Asia 2016 closed amid great acclaim with record-breaking exhibitor and visitor numbers. Held from 26 – 29 October, the Expo was jointly organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and co-organised by the Environment Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The ...

Dec. 15, 2016

By Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd

The global banking sector is threatening to undermine the Paris Agreement by failing to adequately capture the risks and opportunities of climate change. That is according to a new report from Boston Common Asset Management, which warns investors that the majority of banks have failed to restrict financing of coal – the most carbon intensive energy source. ...

Feb. 16, 2018

By The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

Climate change, growing consumption and urbanisation, spiralling resource use and new health risks are just some of the global pressures the world will face in the 21st Century. These are the findings from the Assessment of Global Megatrends, launched in November 2010 as part of the State and Outlook of the European Environment Report (SOER) and now published in a new book version. ...

Jul. 23, 2011

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

The federal government has made unsatisfactory progress on previously reported issues or recommendations in nine of fourteen areas audited, says the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Ron Thompson, in his Status Report tabled last week in the House of Commons. The Status Report follows up on the government’s progress in addressing issues identified in previous ...

Mar. 9, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

Citizens who expect their governments to lead on sustainability have been badly disappointed in recent years. Due to a succession of largely ineffectual international climate conferences and the failure of many nations to pass meaningful climate legislation, progress in governance for sustainability has been lackluster at best.   So concludes the latest report from the World Watch ...

Apr. 30, 2014

By GLOBE Foundation

Defra is reviewing the governance arrangements of National Park Authorities (NPAs) via a consultation aimed at increasing local accountability. The stated purpose of the review is to explore ways in which governance of the NPAs can be made more effective and more responsive to local concerns and to consider the extent to which it is appropriate for different NPAs to have different organisational ...

Nov. 15, 2010

By Environmental Protection UK

A recent study has investigated how the relationships between a company’s owners, managers and boards of directors may influence its environmental performance. The findings indicate that environmental performance is higher in companies with powerful CEOs, who are also chairpersons on their board of directors. Many companies aim to have a positive impact on stakeholders, including ...

Jan. 31, 2013

By European Commission, Environment DG

Under new proposals being drawn up by the Government, waste companies that commit waste offences could risk being fined up to 10 per cent of their turnover, warn lawyers. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been consulting on proposals to introduce new civil penalties to aid in the enforcement of environmental offences in the form of the Environmental Sanctions Order 2010. ...

Oct. 20, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Government recognition of the potential growth opportunities of the environmental services sector has been welcomed by the Chartered Institution of Waste Management. Lord Mandelson highlighted the potential of the green sector in a speech about job creation today (see MRW story). CIWM deputy chief executive Chris Murphy said: “It’s great that such a high profile person as Lord Mandelson is making ...

Jan. 12, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Ontario's Environmental Commissioner is worried that Ontario has lost momentum when it comes to the province's pressing environmental issues. In his 2010/2011 Annual Report "Engaging Solutions" released today, Gord Miller says there's no shortage of talk about the problems such as climate change, waste diversion, and the loss of biodiversity. "But when it comes to doing something" says ...

Nov. 29, 2011

By GLOBE SERIES

Magali Delmas, associate professor at the Institute of the Environment and Oran Young, professor at UC Santa Barbara just published an edited book,'Governance for the Environment: New Perspectives' at Cambridge University Press. In the book, 'Governance for the Environment: New Perspectives' the authors argue that the future of environmental policies lies in coordinated systems that engage ...

Aug. 3, 2009

By UCLA Special Programs

International infrastructure and environment services group, Cardno Limited (ASX: CDD) today announced the acquisition of EM-Assist, Inc. a 150-person environmental services and compliance management firm, headquartered near Sacramento, ...

Jul. 3, 2012

By Cardno Limited

During a donation ceremony in Lima, Peru on Oct. 24, 2014, David Laurier CEO of AppliTek donated an environmental analyzer to the Peruvian Governement, presence of Princess Astrid of Belgium, Mr. Oscar Diaz of ViceVersa Consulting, Minister von Hesse, Mario Vargas de Sedapal, and Pieter De Crem, Secretary of ...

Oct. 27, 2014

By AppliTek NV

Citizens who expect their governments to lead on sustainability have been badly disappointed in recent years. From largely ineffectual international climate conferences to the failure to pass meaningful U.S. climate legislation, governments’ progress has often been lackluster. Leadership has come from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action on climate change, species loss, inequity, ...

Apr. 28, 2014

By Worldwatch Institute

The federal government has released detail of an aggressive regulatory framework designed to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 20% of 2006 levels by 2020. Building on the Turning the Corner framework announced in April 2007, the new federal plan outlines details of a national carbon offset trading program as well as progressively tougher new regulations to tackle emissions from ...

Mar. 10, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Business plans setting out the work of the Government departments over the next four years have been published. The departments are to produce monthly progress reports against these plans. The public can also track progress via an online searchable database which has been launched alongside information such as departmental structures and salaries and ministerial meetings. Information on ...

Nov. 15, 2010

By Environmental Protection UK

AEF has responded to a consultation on the Scottish Government’s plans to reduce and replace Air Passenger Duty (APD), challenging the potential economic benefits and highlighting the environmental impacts. APD is ...

May 31, 2016

By A.E.F. S.r.l.

More than a year ago, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon likened Rio+20 to a “free-market ...

Jul. 2, 2012

By World Resources Institute WRI

The Tenth Session of the African Civil Society Forum is convening today in Nairobi, Kenya at the initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Africa, ahead of the 25th Session of UNEP Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum, which will take place in February 2009 at UNEP headquarters. The objective of the two day Civil Society Forum is to provide a ...

Nov. 10, 2008

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)