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24/05/2012
Many governments do not appear to be implementing policies to meet their 2020 emission reduction pledges, and could increase – not shrink, the gap between real emissions and what’s needed to keep global temperature rise to 1.5 or 2 degC, according to the Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a joint project of Climate Analytics, Ecofys and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
CAT’s analysis o...
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22/05/2012
On 23 May the Environment Committee of the German Bundestag will discuss in a public hearing whether the EU climate target of 20 percent emissions reduction by 2020 ought to be raised to 30 percent. To increase the European climate target accordingly has been requested by three German parties in the German parliament: SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Die Linke. Dr. Niklas Höhne, Director Energy and ...
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21/05/2012
A recently released report by ECN Policy Studies and Ecofys presents a snapshot of the state of play for NAMAs (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions). It shows a significant uptake in NAMA activities in the last six months, rising from 30 initiatives in November 2011 to a total of 52 in May 2012. The report provides an overview of new submissions to the UNFCCC, of actual NAMA activities aroun...
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09/05/2012
Congratulations to SKF for becoming the newest member and first industrial engineering company to join the WWF Climate Savers programme! As was announced yesterday, the company commits to a new climate strategy that includes aggressive targets for reducing energy consumption and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for SKF, its suppliers and logistics operations, as well as from its customer sol...
