Poor nations are waiting for a beneficial climate deal
France’s Environment Minister Segolene Royal has stated that developing countries are awaiting the offers of richer nations ahead of the Paris negotiations in December this year. Minister Royal will be playing a leading role in the UN conference given that the French Government is working...
London to become the clean tech version of Silicon Valley
The London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) is currently drawing up plans to create a clean-tech hub in an area of west London that is currently under-utilised. LSDC advises the London Mayor on the city’s low carbon economy, and is hoping that large green companies from...
Experts to financial markets-ignore climate change at your peril!
According to a Reuters report on May 28 2015, financial markets have not yet grasped the urgent need to invest in initiatives to protect the public and businesses from climate change, particularly in the face of mounting evidence that the impacts will be more severe...
Earth to Australian Governments…..why are you still not listening?
According to the World Bank’s top climate change official Rachel Kyte, the momentum behind countries and businesses moving to price greenhouse gas emissions can no longer be ignored. Nearly 40 countries and 20 regions currently mandate a price on carbon dioxide and the associated measures...
All rooftops in France must have solar panels or plants
According to a Law passed in March 2015, France, all new buildings in commercial zones must be partially covered with plants or solar panels. Green roofs reduce the amount of energy required to heat and cool a building, and solar panels provide the building with...
Free solar panels thanks to California’s cap and trade system
As part of a new program in California, solar power will be made available to low income families using money from their cap and trade system, which forces factories, power plants, oil refineries and other large businesses to buy credits for every tonne of carbon...
Want top dollar for your carbon emissions? Australia is your place
If you are a company looking for the absolute best price you can get for your carbon emissions reductions, then following an announcement on Tuesday May 27 2015 you need look no further than Australia. In evidence presented to Senate Estimates, the Clean Energy Regulator...