When REEEP held a workshop on Linked Open Data alongside the 2012 World Future Energy Summit in January 2012, the event was hosted at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, a new graduate level seat of learning designed to position Abu Dhabi as a knowledge hub and engine of sustainable socio-economic growth. The Institute [...]
The World future Energy Summit happening right now in Abu Dhabi (16th – 19th January) has prompted UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to remind participants of the need to bundle all efforts to make access to clean energy for all a reality. Highlighting the advantages of non-conventional energy he addressed IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) [...]
If we want to accelerate the transition to low-carbon societies and support those who will be affected most by the impacts of climate change it is crucial that organizations, partnerships and NGOs team up and support each other. Today I want to bring some attention to another Partnership engaged in the plight to limit global [...]
To ensure the EU is on path to sustainable growth the Union must strengthen its innovative potential and use its resources in the best possible way. Public data such as geographical information, statistics, weather data and data from publicly funded research projects are part of these resources. Currently the situation is rather unsatisfying in that [...]
So here is our final update on COP in Durban. A great success… not really. The end of all hope…. Well, apparently not. See if you are convinced. Really, the Kyoto Protocol has been slayed after Canada, Japan, Russia and the US declared no interest in continuing the treaty with mandatory emission targets (or even [...]
I have been following the climate summit in Durban from afar; no matter how I look at it and which source I take the news aren’t good. Even the conservative International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared a five year window for meeting any civilization-saving climate goals, and that should ring alarm bells in anybody’s head. [...]