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. [...]
The Clean Energy Solutions Center has established itself as a useful information hub for sharing policy best practices, data, and analysis tools across countries. They have now announced an exiting new service: their Technical Resource Team. This team consists of a global network of clean energy experts available for personalized attention and technical assistance at [...]
The current situation in Pakistan concerning energy has been brought to my attention by one of our readers, Pakistani-American Oil and Gas Consultant Mr Raza Mehkeri. He has supplied my with some resources and I as I looked into the issue, I find it is worth a blog article to share. Pakistan is able to [...]
28 Nov 2011
by Denise Recheis - Category: News
We might be the last generation with the capacity to act in our struggle to mitigate climate change. The future looks bleak; recent disasters such as the floods in Australia can almost definitely be attributed to global warming, and most experts take an increase in temperature of several degrees Celsius for granted. Today, Monday November [...]