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Why it would be good to reconsider the Copenhagen process

6 December, 2008

Climate negotiators in Poznan are starting to question whether the 2009 deadline for Copenhagen is realistic. Maybe there are good reasons to take a step back and reconsider the global climate diplomacy process. This week, a few non-suspect climate experts have uttered doubts about the end-2009 deadline for a new global warming agreement. As reported… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, energy security, Global Warming, US climate policy

Green wish list for Santa Obama

30 November, 2008

In the US, twenty-nine of the biggest NGOs published a 391-pages policy document with recommendations for the new Obama administration on how to start the transition to a green and clean economy. The impressive report includes detailed proposals on how to endorse legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 35% before 2020 and and 80%… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, energy security, European Parliament, European Union, Global Warming, US climate policy

Poznan summit: the King has no clothes

28 November, 2008

Next week’s COP-14 meeting in Poland is likely to go down in history as the top where the European Union’s self-proclaimed global leadership on climate and energy policy got sacrificed on the altar of economic growth fundamentalism. With Poland and most of the new EU member states in opposition and their unholy alliance with Berlusconi’s… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, energy security, European Union, Global Warming

Europe’s climate and energy debate keeps on living in Disneyland

30 October, 2008

Friends of Europe’s annual energy summit (held on 30 October) saw tough exchanges between CCS defenders and the renewable energy sector but kept dodging the real question: can we solve the climate/energy crisis without questioning our economic growth and development paradigm? Energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs, as expected, defended his commission resolve not to “deviate” from… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Biofuels, China, Climate change, energy saving, energy security, Global Warming, renewable energy sources, sustainability, sustainable energy

How financial meltdown could help the energy revolution

10 October, 2008

The energy-and-climate-crisis deniers are having a hell of a party these days. The financial crash has raised their hopes that global warming, peak oil and all the other “humbug” will finally be kicked off the political agenda. One climate policy “monitor” even served us the ludicrous title: “EU: saving the economy or saving green dreams?”… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Biofuels, Climate change, energy saving, energy security, financial crisis, Global Warming, renewable energy sources, sustainability, sustainable energy

Let’s get the climate panic started!

24 September, 2008

The country, which has taught the world that fighting global warming would be too expensive, managed in less than one week to mobilise more than 1 trillion dollar and to focus the presidential election campaign and the world on its financial crisis. How was that possible? One word: panic! Are there any lessons for those… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, financial crisis, Global Warming, sustainability

Citizens care about climate change? More talk than walk

14 September, 2008

Last week, two interesting surveys confirmed that citizens are worried about climate change but once they start acting as consumers others have to shoulder the bill. Especially young people are not willing to make lifestyle sacrifices. On Thursday 11 September, EU Commissioners Wallström and Dimas excelled in spinning the latest Eurobarometer on climate change. Although… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, European Commission, Global Warming

News Alerts: Australia’s cap-and-trade plan; Gore’s vision on renewables in the US

21 July, 2008

Last week saw two very interesting stories: The Australian government of Kevin Rudd presented its Green Paper on a possible greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme. Australia wants to have its “Carbon Pollution Reduction scheme” (a better name than the EU’s ETS) started by 2010. It will cover around 1000 companies in the energy sector, transport… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

carbon trading, Climate change, Global Warming, Gore, renewable energy

G8 climate declaration: all talk, zero walk

9 July, 2008

The so-called “leaders” of the eight biggest economies have done it again: glorious declarations with little substance in a diplomatic language which allows all of them to spin their “global” commitment and responsibility. Not only were there no concrete mid-term targets set but the 50% reduction promise has no binding character, lacks any base reference… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, Global Warming

News Alerts: More proof that climate policy is failing

7 July, 2008

As G-8 leaders start their 3-day talking circus on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, four new reports confirm that our race towards economic and ecological collapse continues at an increasing speed: The Australian government published its long-awaited Garnaut report (over 500 pages), sort of a Stern report for the country down under. Economist Garnaut’s (not… » read more

Posted by Willy De Backer

Climate change, Global Warming, Stern report

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