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Barbara Finamore -- Taking Action to Meet its Climate Pledge - China Enacts National Energy Efficiency Regulations
This post was co-authored with NRDC China Energy Efficiency/DSM Project Director Mona Yew and NRDC legal fellow Bruce Ho. As we begin a new round of international climate negotiations in Cancun, China has taken another potentially giant step towards meeting its climate pledge. On November 4, 2010, China’s central government enacted... [read more]
Global Work Party 10/10/10: Building a Green China
As part of the 10/10/10 Global Work Party designed to celebrate climate solutions, NRDC is getting back to work on building a green China after a week at the Tianjin climate negotiations. I am excited to announce that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just awarded NRDC and a consortium of partners, led by Lawrence... [read more]
China's Domestic Climate Commitments Reach a Global Audience in Tianjin
We’re halfway through the Tianjin climate negotiations – the last meeting before countries convene in Cancun at the end of November – and despite mixed results so far, there is hope yet. Many countries have become pragmatic in their focus on what should be accomplished at Cancun (see here for an update by my... [read more]
China's Recent Steps Towards Meeting Its Climate Commitments
Despite some recent U.S. press reports to the contrary, China is not sitting still when it comes to addressing climate change. A number of high-level statements and reports released in China over the last week have sent this message loud and clear. Today marked the start of China’s annual legislative session. Various official statements... [read more]
China Records Its Climate Actions By Copenhagen Accord Deadline
China's Commitment China has submitted its proposed climate mitigation actions to the UNFCCC in a letter dated January 28, ahead of the January 31, 2010 deadline in the Copenhagen Accord. Given Premier Wen Jiabao’s hands-on role, along with President Obama and the leaders of India, Brazil and South Africa, in creating the Accord... [read more]
China Transparency Pledge Moves Copenhagen Talks Forward
China advanced hope for a global climate accord Thursday, saying it would enhance the information it makes available to other countries about its carbon emissions and submit that reporting to some form of international review. This opens the door to a potential agreement that ensures transparency in a way that is not intrusive and... [read more]
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Baby You Can Drive My (Electric) Car
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Siemens develops ABS plastic alternative
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Reduce CO2 and Slow Global Warming?
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Hidroenergia 2012
May 25, 2012, Wroclaw, Poland
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WGC 2012 - 25th World Gas Conference
June 4, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ecwatech 2012
June 4, 2012, Moscow, Russia
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“Cities will need to be retrofitted, as a whole. There's much work to be done. Vertical farming and other forms of energy/space/agriculture integration will be necessary to further sustain how humans live on this planet.”
“David,Reserves, potential resources and production are not interchangeable, and apocalyptic statements that depend on conflating them are thus fundamentally flawed. Your cogent analysis makes this crucial distinction well. It just needs a bigger audience.”