Emission Targets

State of the Climate in Asia 2024

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …

ESB calls for more electric transport

The Electricity Supply Board has urged government to consider various ways in which different modes of transport could be powered by electricity as a way of reducing Ireland's carbon emissions and meeting EU targets. Speaking at the Irish Management Institute national conference, ESB chief executive Padraig McManus said that the …

GM Plans 1,000 Fuel Cell Cars In Califoria By 2014

GM Plans 1,000 Fuel Cell Cars In Califoria By 2014 US: April 4, 2008 SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - General Motors Corp plans to have 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California between 2012 to 2014 to comply with the state's goal to put thousands of cleaner cars on its roads. GM …

US warns on economy as Africa seeks climate aid

US warns on economy as Africa seeks climate aid Agence France-Presse . Bangkok The United States warned Thursday a worsening economy limited what it could give to help poor nations fight global warming, as African activists appealed for major polluters to commit one per cent of GDP. More than 160 …

US warns on economy as Africa

US warns on economy as Africa seeks climate aid Agence France-Presse . Bangkok The United States warned Thursday a worsening economy limited what it could give to help poor nations fight global warming, as African activists appealed for major polluters to commit one per cent of GDP. More than 160 …

Right track but wrong assumptions

THE Eddington report contains the right approach to reducing greenhouse emissions from transport, but the assumptions it makes deserve to be challenged. They are, in some cases, far too timid, in other cases over-optimistic and, in general, heavily biased towards business as usual. Eddington's approach, which is correct, is to …

18 US States Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Pollution

18 US States Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Pollution US: April 4, 2008 WASHINGTON - Eighteen states sued the US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for failing to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new cars and trucks, one year after the Supreme Court ruled that the agency had the power …

NCDEX to launch carbon credit futures on April 10

The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), India's largest agri-trading platform, has announced the launch of the futures contract in certified emission reduction (CER), a type of carbon credit certificate futures contract. The contract will be launched on April 10 for delivery in December 2008. But, with a number of …

Group Seeks E.P.A. Rules on Emissions From Vehicles

Group Seeks E.P.A. Rules on Emissions From Vehicles By FELICITY BARRINGER Published: April 3, 2008 In a new push to get the federal government to act on global warming, a coalition of states, cities and environmental groups took its fight to federal court on Wednesday. The coalition, led by Massachusetts, …

Carbon prices rise amid tighter rules

The EU's fledgling market for carbon yesterday shrugged off provisional figures showing that Europe's big polluters emitted lower levels of carbon dioxide than allowed last year. The price of carbon permits for 2008 rose by 4% as investors took the view that tighter emissions rules that came into effect this …

Dangerous assumptions

How big is the energy challenge of climate change? The technological advances needed to stabilize carbon dioxide emissions may be greater than we think, argue Roger Pielke Jr, Tom Wigley and Christopher Green.

Carbon-trading market has uncertain future

The budding carbon-offsets market could already be on its last legs, industry representatives say, if the latest European proposals are agreed. European negotiators went into a United Nations climate meeting in Bangkok this week warning developing countries that they need to step up to the challenge of climate change if …

Are the IPCC scenarios 'unachievable'?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has grossly underestimated the challenges of reducing and stabilizing greenhousegas emissions, according to an influential group of climate-policy experts.

Double vision

How much energy, and of what sort, should we expect the world to be generating in the decades to come? This is a question of crucial importance to economics, development and the management of climate change. (Editorial)

EU Industry Carbon Emissions Flat In 2007

EU Industry Carbon Emissions Flat In 2007 UK: April 3, 2008 LONDON - European Union industry emissions were roughly flat in 2007, preliminary EU executive Commission data showed on Wednesday, with low gas prices and a mild winter slowing growth. As expected, emissions were less than industry's quotas of permits …

German Soy Fuel Blend Fails Climate Test - Greenpeace

German Soy Fuel Blend Fails Climate Test - Greenpeace GERMANY: April 3, 2008 HAMBURG - Germany's policy of blending fossil diesel with biodiesel to combat climate change is failing because 20 percent comes from soyoil produced in countries where deforestation takes place, Greenpeace said on Wednesday. The environmental pressure group …

German cars not ready for new biofuel - sources

German cars not ready for new biofuel - sources GERMANY: April 3, 2008 BERLIN - More than 2 million cars in Germany cannot run on a new biofuel the government wants to introduce, well over a limit the administration has set as a pre-condition for its use, industry sources said …

GM plans 1,000 fuel cell cars in California

GM plans 1,000 fuel cell cars in California By Nichola Groom SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - General Motors Corp plans to have 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California between 2012 to 2014 to comply with the state's goal to put thousands of cleaner cars on its roads. GM has about 60 …

Critical time for climate change

Climate change experts from around the world gather in Bangkok this week to discuss the successor to the Kyoto agreement, which comes to an end in 2012. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is hosting the summit, which will try to forge an agreement that is palatable to most …

It's not easy being green: Reflections on the American carbon offset market

Over the past few years, the U.S. carbon offset market has experienced tremendous growth. This expansion can be attributed to several factors, including the creation of regional greenhouse gas initiatives, the anticipation of federal regulation, and growing public concern regarding climate change. In the absence of a national system of …

Trading Kyoto

Almost one-quarter of carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere is emitted in the production of internationally traded goods and services. Trade therefore represents an unrivalled, and unused, tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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