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Archive for September 2009
Around 40% of greenhouse gas emissions derive from the building sector, in fact more than from transportation or any other sector . It’s clear there’s a huge potential in cutting GHG emissions by improving efficiency. The good news is that it’s also the cheapest way to do so! Improving energy efficiency can cut one third [...]
Nearly 100 world leaders accepted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s invitation to participate in UN Climate Summit on Climate Change in New York on 22 September to mobilize political will and strengthen momentum for a fair, effective, and ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen this December.
The UN summit not have been the spectacular breakthrough in the international climate [...]
Electricity market reform is an ever-lasting issue. Most countries of the world are involved in processes of liberalization of their electricity markets. We all hear about promoting competition, natural monopolies that need to be regulated, incentives to reduce costs and energy losses, infrastructure expansion, security and quality of supply, grid access tariffs… Electricity market becomes [...]
Australia laid a foundation for an effective policy platform
22 Sep 2009
by REEEP South-East-Asia and Pacific - Category: News, reegle
On 20 August 2009, the Australian Government approved the landmark Renewable Energy Target (RET) legislation to ensure 20 percent of Australia’s stationary energy will come from renewable energy sources by 2020. This was once of the Prime Minister’s election commitment and it is demonstrating continued leadership on climate change policy.
The RET legislation will be the [...]
Renewable energy provision in the developing world could receive a vital boost after the announcement of a new initiative which will look at how to stimulate investment in a low-carbon future for the world’s poorest people. Gareth Thomas, International Development Minister, announced the initiative on Wednesday 16 September in a speech at the Renewable Energy [...]
Just a short notice on a webinar that will take place next week (25th September, 3pm Vienna time) … Together with our partners from Leonardo Energy I will hold a webinar on “Navigating the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency information jungle”.
This webinar will briefly introduce the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and [...]
News from South East Asia and the Pacific
14 Sep 2009
by REEEP South-East-Asia and Pacific - Category: REEEP, Regional News
Last week we (REEEP) decided to blog about news and relevant issues from the regions we cover (Southern Africa, South Asia, East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, North America and Latin America and the Caribbean) on a regular basis. Our staff will report directly from the regional secretariats and therefore we hope to [...]
Japan’s new prime minister-elect, Mr. Yukio Hatoyama, is going to fight climate change by backing deep emission cuts. As host of the Kyoto summit in 1997, Japan is keen to reposition itself at the forefront of the battle against climate change. Its emissions rose 2.3% in the year to March 2008, putting it 16% above [...]
New findings concerning nitrogen fertilizer use and alternatives in form of trees were announced at the opening of the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry, which is being held in Nairobi, Kenya this week.
Nitrogen fertilizers are predominately used for maize production increase, which is the staple food of Africa. Nitrogen fertilizers are presently made using fossil [...]
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