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28 April 2011
According to a study by Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE) published last week, in the last 18 months the world’s leading economies have rapidly developed their climate change legislation, collectively helping to advance a global Clean Revolution.
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26 April 2011
Phil Jessup, Cities and Technology Director, The Climate Group, looks at the LED trials in three leading cities, New York, Sydney and Toronoto. In an historic urban park, city streets and parking garages, LED scale-up engineering, financing studies and procurement tenders are now happening in these influential cities.
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21 April 2011
Viewed as one of the pioneering efforts in any developing country for mainstreaming the renewable generation through market mechanisms, RECs have been introduced by the Government of India to incentivize higher efficiencies and electricity output and to encourage the entry of independent power producers and more diverse investors.
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18 April 2011
From April 11 to 15 2011 saw the EU’s Sustainable Energy Week take place in Brussels, where the core themes that emerged were energy efficiency, action at sub-national level and the development of new models for public-private project financing.
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15 April 2011
Our SMART 2020 program concluded that by 2020, ICT could unlock savings worth US$946 billion per annum and reduce global carbon emissions by a whopping 15% - which is close to the entire US carbon footprint. Caroline Bayliss, Australia Director, The Climate Group, writes for CFO Magazine about the opportunities in a 'smarter' world.
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14 April 2011
Since Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the government’s intention to put a price on carbon by June 2012, a broad public debate has begun in Australia, sparking a new coalition of businesses who support the establishment of a carbon price in Australia.
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13 April 2011
Sparked by the success of the 2010 LED pilot in nearby Kolkata, Haldia in West Bengal is the second Indian city to feature in The Climate Group’s global LED project, which is supported by the HSBC Climate Partnership and aims to rapidly up-scale LED technologies across the world.
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12 April 2011
Alaa Khourdajie reports on the first official round of climate negotiations for the year, which were wrapped up in Bangkok on April 8 2011 and where disagreement revolved around setting a new agenda for guiding negotiations through the rest of the year.
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12 April 2011
In light of the global energy ministers meet in Abu Dhabi last week, Rupert Posner, Global Director of Energy, The Climate Group, blogs for GCCSI about the serious progress required by governments if CCS is going to be deployed at the pace we need.
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11 April 2011
Veolia Environment, one of the global leaders in environmental services, has joined The Climate Group. The French multinational aims to contribute to our work on the Clean Revolution through involvement in our programs on LEDs, EVs and smart information and communication technologies, particularly in the city context.
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06 April 2011
The Climate Group and Polis hosted a joint event today at the offices of The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) to discuss how local governments, fleet owners, and the energy and motor industries can work together to grow the European market for electric vehicles (EVs).
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06 April 2011
Trials of LED outdoor lighting are currently being introduced in the City of Sydney, Australia, where The Climate Group have had the opportunity to gage the community’s reaction with a series of surveys.
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06 April 2011
On Monday, April 4, The Climate Group, in partnership with the British Consulate General and Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors, hosted a roundtable in New York City with UK Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Gregory Barker.
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03 April 2011
The first formal round of UN climate talks since the successful Cancun summit (COP16) last December commences this week (April 4) in Bangkok. Although the meeting is expected to be a low-key affair, it is likely to provide the first real indication of whether or not countries can build on the positive momentum generated at the Mexico conference.
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01 April 2011
In a major speech on energy this week President Obama said he wanted the US to pick up the pace on clean energy investment, noting how the country has slid behind China and Germany. Amy Davidsen, US Director, The Climate Group comments on this positive new direction.
