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In 2009 a story made headlines that is still being brought up today: British newspaper The Sunday Times claimed that a Google search generated large amounts of greenhouse gases; the same amount of carbon as boiling a kettle of water for tea. Even though later Google later was able to prove that in fact most [...]
Energy efficiency – a no-brainer? YES it is!
07 Apr 2011
by Eva Oberender - Category: Events, News, REEEP, reegle, Regional News
Another day at the Minister Meeting in New Caledonia. Wednesday 6 April 2011 presented the main day for the REEEP SEAP team in Noumea. In the morning, REEEP SEAP conducted its Regional Advisory Committee meeting, attended by many of our Advisors and other key stakeholders in the Pacific region. Policy development, project progress, REEEP SEAP’s [...]
New studies released by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) provide a clear path for staying below the danger threshold of an average temperature rise of 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Its content explains how the emission cuts that are necessary in order to avoid even higher temperatures in the future could be [...]
Dr. Marianne Osterkorn, REEEP‘s Director General attended the Cancun conference and was recently quizzed on her thoughts about the outcome. Looking at the Cancun Agreements, would you rate COP16 as a success or failure? I’d say Cancun was a qualified success in that there was an agreement at all – albeit a fairly weak one. [...]
Europe’s ecological footprint is currently more than twice its regenerative capacity. The issue has been discussed by EU ministers at an informal meeting in the Environment Council and it was concluded that if we don’t manage to use the materials we have in sustainable way we won’t be able to succeed in achieving a resource-efficient [...]
Energy Efficiency Visionaries honoured in Washington
20 May 2010
by Vince Reardon - Category: Events
The EE Global Forum and Exposition in Washington DC was the setting for the honouring of several champions of energy efficiency from around the world. At the plenary luncheon on May 11th, four awards were given, in front of an audience of 500 stakeholders. The first award went to Dr. Joseph Oteng-Adjei, Minister for Energy [...]
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