No trip-ups at #EUGreenWeek – this time
June 5, 2015
The European Green Week conference, held this week at The Egg centre in Brussels, unusually boasted a first aid room.
Posted by Heard in Europe
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Environmental labelling, information and management schemes are central to the circular economy
June 2, 2015
Eco-innovation, as well as environmental labels, information and management schemes are essential to get Europe on the path to a circular economy. This was the primary conclusion of the 18th European Forum on Eco-innovation held in Barcelona, on 20-21 May. Over 300 stakeholders from across Europe came together to make recommendations on what the European… » read more
Posted by The Guest Blog
In the Arab world Morocco is one the very few countries without oil or gas resources. To cover its fast rising energy consumption it has been totally dependent on imports. Fortunately it possesses a big potential of renewable energy, in particular wind and solar: more than 1000 km coast line with winds blowing almost continuously;… » read more
Posted by Rhein on Energy and Climate
Angela Merkel carries the burden of presiding for a second time a G7/8 Summit, after Heiligendamm on the Baltic in 2007; this time, at Elmau in Bavaria, her major task should be to help preparing the crucial 21st International Climate Conference in December in Paris. At Heiligendamm, the Group of Eight had committed to taking… » read more
Posted by Rhein on Energy and Climate
by William Todts, transport programme manager, and Sofia Amaral, transport policy assistant, at T&E It’s true to say, as Grist.org’s Ben Adler does, that fuel taxes play a critical role in cleaning up road transport but we’re not in agreement that this necessarily makes road pricing a bad idea. From our perspective, we’d rather see… » read more
Posted by Transport & Environment
Carbon Pollution Trading that works for the climate?
May 21, 2015
Do’s and don’ts from the EU Emission Trading System By Sam Van den plas, Climate Policy Officer at WWF European Policy Office Over more than a decade, WWF has been strongly engaged to ensure that the European Union puts a proper price on carbon pollution. The market-based climate policy instrument covering about half of the… » read more
Posted by WWF Climate & Energy Blog
Latest updates about the EU Community Project
May 19, 2015
EU Community is developing several tools to identify relevant experts and key documents in the EU legislative process. EURACTORY – Identifies the relevant experts EurActory identifies relevant experts and key stakeholders on EU policy-making. EurActory’s beta version was presented at the European Parliament on 29 January 2015. More than 150 invitees confirmed their interest in… » read more
Posted by EU Community
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by Jos Dings, director of Transport & Environment April 2015 will enter history as the month in which the EU reversed course on its energy policies in transport. It adopted its long-mooted reform of biofuels policy – especially regarding indirect land-use change (ILUC). The practical implications in the next years may not be so big.… » read more
Posted by Transport & Environment
On a recent trip to San Francisco and Austin, Texas, I found myself accompanied by two potential agents of change – Benjamin Barber’s book If Mayors Ruled the World and a newly appointed Swedish city mayor, Niklas Nordström. The former has the power to inspire and empower local politicians who wish to take on… » read more
Posted by Kaj Embren
A tale of two precautions
May 11, 2015
There are many interpretations of precaution used in policy debates today. But how is it that environmentalists can switch from one incantation to another without realising that they are contradicting other issues that they themselves are campaigning on. The Risk-Monger has never hidden his views that the precautionary principle is a tool used to… » read more
Posted by The Risk-Monger
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Straight from the horse’s mouth…
May 6, 2015
A large blow-up Trojan horse has become the mane event at protests against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Posted by Heard in Europe
Do android cars dream of electric streets?
May 4, 2015
The impact autonomous cars will have on personal mobility and cities will dwarf the disruption Uber and AirBnB have wrought on their respective industries. Joined-up European policies seem in short supply. Google Now chimes to let me know that it’s summoned a car a few minutes earlier than normal because it expects the bad weather… » read more
Posted by Mathew Lowry
Humanity must phase out CO2 Emissions by 2050
April 23, 2015
According to the calculations of the world’s top climate scientists, humanity has only 30 years to go, until 2045, before reaching an increase of global temperature of more than two centigrade, its self-imposed “red light”. Indeed, at present annual global emissions of 40 billion tons the atmosphere will no longer be able to absorb additional… » read more
Posted by Rhein on Energy and Climate
Companies are struggling to effectively communicate with investors on sustainability, according to the UN Global Compact – Accenture CEO Study on Sustainability in collaboration with the Principles for Responsible Investment. However, the detail contained in this report does show that 88% of investors surveyed do see sustainability as an opportunity for competitive advantage and 78%… » read more
Posted by Christopher Gleadle
France might become a Paradigm for renewable Energy
April 13, 2015
In a 120-page report published April 8th the French Agency for Environment and Energy concludes that by 2050 France might be able to cover all its electricity needs from photovoltaic and wind energies. For a country that has drawn three quarters of its power supply from nuclear reactors and was not renowned for its reliance… » read more
Posted by Rhein on Energy and Climate