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Will UK Will Exceed Its Carbon Reduction Targets? Part 1

December 8, 2011 by David Thorpe
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This is the first of two posts about the UK's climate emissions and its plans to reduce them. This first one represents the Government's current view: David Cameron and Nick Clegg last week launched a Carbon Plan setting out the Coalition Government's policies to meet its long term commitments to cut carbon emissions. These must, by... [read more]

China's Carbon Intensity Makes Long Term Climate Targets Nearly Impossible

October 9, 2011 by Lou Grinzo
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From Reuters and other sources comes the simply underwhelming news that China climate goals run against growth: report: China, the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitter, will meet near-term goals to fight climate change but quick economic growth will mean C02 emissions will be higher than previously thought, researchers said on Tuesday... [read more]

Looking out from COP-15: what is best for Canada?

January 5, 2010 by Pierre Guimond
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Canadians learned a lot from the Conference of the Parties held in Copenhagen in December. For most people, it is clear that deep discord remains regarding the respective responsibilities of various nations, the question of whether a climate “debt” is owed to developing nations, and by what means we ensure that countries live up to... [read more]

Reforming the Three Stooges

November 27, 2009 by Lou Grinzo
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China Announces Emissions Reduction Targets (But They’re Not Really Reductions) : TreeHugger: Well, everyone has their cards on the table now. Following the US’s announcement yesterday that it will bring an emissions reductions target “in the range” of 17 percent of 2005 levels to Copenhagen, China has announced its own commitment: a... [read more]

Narnia plans to reduce emissions by 30% by the year 2020

November 20, 2009 by Simon Donner
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As we head towards Copenhagen, there will be endless comparison of proposed emission targets.  For example, from the NY Times: This week, South Korea said it would cut emissions by 30 percent from “business as usual” by 2020. Russia’s president said his country would try to reduce emissions by 25 percent by then, instead of 15... [read more]