The International Energy Agency (IEA) regularly conducts in-depth peer reviews of the energy policies of its member countries. This process supports energy policy development and encourages the exchange of international best practices and experiences. Since the last IEA review in 2015, Spain has solved a long-standing issue of tariff deficits …
At Barcelona Meet, India Says Rich-Poor Distinction Being Ignored Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The Barcelona talks on climate change saw further fireworks with the chairperson of one of the two parallel tracks of the negotiations coming under fire from G77 countries, including India, for directing the process away …
AFTER a 24-hour boycott by African delegates, talks resumed in Barcelona on Wednesday. And developing countries kept up the pressure, demanding that the developed countries should cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. This is far more than what is on offer. UN Secretary-General …
New Delhi: The recalcitrant group of industrialised countries came under fire on the first day of Barcelona climate talks with African countries, in an unprecedented move, blocking all negotiations on Kyoto Protocol unless the rich nations provided concrete and unconditional targets for greenhouse gas emissions for the mid-term. The move, …
This document is the statement by Yvo de Boer at the opening of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009 on 2 November 2009 at Barcelona, Spain. In opening address at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks, he spoke of a "huge desire for these negotiations to succeed." World leaders from the …
Twenty members of the ecological pressure group Greenpeace staged a protest against climate change in Barcelona on Monday, where the fourth round of the U.N. climate change talks this year kicked off on the same day. The Greenpeace members suspended a 600-square-meter banner bearing the message
New Delhi: Majority of people want a robust climate change agreement in Copenhagen in December. The study commissioned by HSBC Climate Partnership said 65% people believe that it is important to have a climate change agreement. The corresponding figure for India stands at 62%. The study covered 12 countries and …
AS OFFICIALS from 192 countries converge in Barcelona for the last round of negotiations ahead of the December summit, expectations that the Copenhagen meet will result in an agreement appear to be reduced. Given the increased call for some kind of agreement at Copenhagen, it could mean a greater pressure …
Global temperatures may be 4 degrees Celsius hotter by the mid-2050s if current greenhouse gas emissions trends continue, said a study published on Monday. The study, by Britain's Met Office Hadley Center, echoed a U.N. report last week which found that climate changes were outpacing worst-case scenarios forecast in 2007 …
Spain's top energy official said on Monday the country had enough spare generating capacity to phase out nuclear power stations in the medium term, in line with government policy. In recent years, Spain has subsidized renewable energy in order to cut its heavy dependence on fuel imports and reduce greenhouse …
South Korea and China lead the world's 20 largest economies in the percentage of economic stimulus money they invest in environmental projects, the U.N. Environment Program reported on Thursday. Other members of the Group of 20 leading economic powers, including the United States, trail behind in percentage of green investment …
A sharply divided European Union failed Tuesday to protect the threatened bluefin tuna, as Mediterranean nations refused to back even a temporary ban on catching the fish prized by sushi aficionados. The bloc
India has called for an international vessel monitoring system to prevent illegal fishing by big nations in the territorial waters of other countries, said Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas here today. "I raised this matter in the fifth Conference of Fisheries Ministers held at Baiona in Spain on …
California is on track to more than double its power generated by solar panel installations in 2009, going against a downward global trend, according to research released on Wednesday. Research house iSuppli Corp also expects the Golden State's hot-streak to continue in 2010, when California's photovoltaic installations, in terms of …
Ford Motor Co is selling a closed plant near Detroit to two companies that plan a $725 million investment to develop a renewable energy park that could create up to 4,000 jobs, the carmaker said on Thursday. Terms of the sale to Xtreme Power and Clairvoyant Energy were not disclosed. …
The Swiss authorities on Friday defended granting permission for the hunting of three wolves that have killed dozens of sheep after fierce criticism from environmentalists. Reinhard Schnidrig, head of hunting, wild animals and forest biodiversity at the Federal Environment Authority, said the Swiss rule was that a wolf could be …
Galicia, in the northwest of Spain, has initiated a bottom-up implementation and shared governance scheme for marine protected areas for small-scale fisheries management.
Carbon prices and the speculators who trade the underlying emissions permits should remain unregulated, despite wild volatility in the nascent market, a panel of emissions traders said on Friday. Prices for European Union carbon permits traded under the 27-nation bloc's $92 billion emissions trading scheme have fluctuated wildly, touching a …
