Business Edition
nr 87
February 14, 2008
Special:
"Reward land owners for carbon management"
A recent publication in Science Express has again stressed the necessity of ensuring that biofuel production is sustainable and that it does not cause conversion of high-carbon soil into biomass production land. "Landowners are rewarded for producing palm oil and other products but not rewarded for carbon management," says Stephen Polasky, professor in applied economics at the University of Minnesota. Read more
EU energy labelling scheme needs extension
The current EU energy label should be extended to additional household appliances and non-household energy-consuming products. Stakeholders agreed on this during a workshop organised by the European Commission last Friday. Read more
IEA updates green policies databases
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has updated its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency database, with contributions from individual governments. Read more
Climate change tops European Commission agenda in 2009
Yesterday the European Commission presented the Annual Policy Strategy, which sets out political priorities for 2009. One of the main objectives of the strategy is climate change and a sustainable Europe. At the same time, the EC published also the General Report on the European Union’s Activities in 2007. Read more
Ministers reject carbon revenue earmarking
EU finance ministers on Tuesday rejected the proposal to earmark a portion of the funds from auctioning carbon allowances to go towards measures to combat climate change. The ministers followed the advice of the EU Economic Policy Committee (EPC) published last week. Read more
Billionaire's dream: a 'war room' for climate solutions
Two billionaires helped open a United Nations climate change meeting this week aimed at promoting global climate efforts by governments and businesses. Read more
Editorial: Carbon reward
A recent report from the Minnesota University on the production of biofuels is clear: if biofuels are produced on the wrong kind of soil, climate change will worsen instead of improving. But for GreenPrices, the real news was a suggestion for an early solution. Read more
In Brief
- Knee brace generates electricity
- 50 MW thermosolar plant in Spain
- Green group wants CCS safety standards
- China wants 6% less sulphur dioxide in 2008
- China’s wind power industry sees 95% growth
- German cooperation in thin-film technology
- US scraps FutureGen funding, supports clean coal
- G7: More efforts by international financial institutes
- GE sees 2008 wind revenue approaching €3.8 billion
- Upgraded feed-in tariff scheme for RES in Ireland
- Fortum approaches 90% carbon free power production
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