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Does NATO prepare for oil wars?

20 May, 2007

Could NATO send rapid-reaction armed forces into developing countries to protect Western oil and gas interests? This has to be some idiot claim made by some radical leftist conspiracy-believers, no? Well, not really. In reality it was NATO’s own Jamie Shea, who made the announcement during a conference in London last week (see Foreign Policy:… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

energy security, Peak oil, resource depletion, resource wars

Sarkozy’s first surprise: a superministry for sustainable development

18 May, 2007

French President Nicholas Sarkozy today presented his new cabinet. One of the positive surprises is the nomination of former Prime Minister Alain Juppé to lead a superministery for ecology and sustainable development including environmental, energy, transport and land planning policies. One of Mr Juppé’s main priorities will be to work towards an international agreement to… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, sustainable development

More bad news: global economy more carbon intensive, sinks less effective

The world is burning more carbon for each dollar of wealth created, according to a report to be published next week by the Global Carbon Project. Didn’t we want to “decarbonise” our economies? The oceans are losing their ability to absorb carbon and this will lead to accelerating global warming. This is the main message… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, Global Warming

News alerts: Clinton fund for green buildings, Europe lagging on clean energy

17 May, 2007

Former US President Bill Clinton announced the creation of a 5 billion $ programme for making existing building in 15 major cities more energy-efficient. Great, but why is it that all these Presidents and Prime Minister always wake up AFTER they have been in power? I wonder what “green cause” Tony Blair will embrace. More… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Business and climate change, Climate change, ecological footprint, Energy efficiency, Global Warming

News Alert: is WWF report climate porn?

16 May, 2007

Government leaders have five years left to make the right decisions and prevent “energy apocalypse”, says a new report published by green NGO WWF on 15 May. Read the Climate Solutions report. Another report, though, warns that alarmist messages on climate change are having the opposite effect and are making people apathetic. The report produced… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, Global Warming

Bush plans to regulate vehicle emissions in 2008

15 May, 2007

US President Bush wants his federal agencies to come up with concrete plans to cut gasoline consumption from cars in a direct response to an April Supreme Court Ruling stating that the Environmental Protection Agency could regulate carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act. But environmentalists and Democrats see no “green Bush” yet. Read… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, Global Warming, Green cars, US climate policy

Failure of UN sustainability summit bodes ill for future climate deal

14 May, 2007

The European Union should be applauded for refusing to sign a very weak compromise text at the 15th annual session of the United Nations’ Commission on Sustainable Development on Friday 11 May. The fact that the environment minister of Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe was elected to chair the UN’s sustainability body – much to the dismay… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, European Union, sustainability, sustainable development

Cities assume leadership to fight global warming

Mayors and representatives from more than 40 big cities will meet in New York from 14-17 May to exchange experiences in dealing with their rising greenhouse gas emissions. Megacities are responsible for more than two thirds of all the world’s emissions. The C40 Large Cities Climate Change summit has a special website with interesting case… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, Green cities

Hopes for green coal future in ashes?

10 May, 2007

One month after the surprising report on coal reserves by the German Energy Watch Group, there is another report predicting a less rosy future for the black gold. According to Richard Heinberg on Global Public Media, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre will, within the next few days, publish a new report “The Future of… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Carbon capture and storage, coal, energy security

Population growth remains biggest climate change taboo

8 May, 2007

At a conference in Brussels today, I raised the question of the link between the growing world population and global warming. Because I mentioned China’s one-child-family policy as one of the arguments used by the Chinese to put the blame on the Western industrialised world, I got an answer from German Christian-Democrat MEP Peter Liese… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, Global Warming, Low-carbon economy, Population growth, sustainability

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