Arkiv for kategorien ‘Transportation’


The supply chain of CO2 emissions

lørdag, 22. oktober 2011

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Guardian: A new scientific paper allows us to see which countries extracted the fossil fuels burned to support lifestyles in…

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Hamborg udnævnt til årets grønne hovedstad i Europa

mandag, 2. maj 2011

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Klima og Miljø DR P1

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we ADAPT

onsdag, 27. april 2011

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SEI has unveiled a new version of weADAPT, an online ‘open space’ on climate adaptation issues for practitioners, researchers and…

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Shift fossil fuel subsidies to back clean tech

torsdag, 7. april 2011

IEA releases first Clean Energy Progress Report

The International Energy Agency on Wednesday released its first Clean Energy Progress Report, which…

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Carbon Nation – The Movie

søndag, 13. februar 2011

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Carbon Nation doesn’t waste time arguing that climate change is real and caused by humans, the film steps right into…

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Mexico City Pact: Cities Addressing Climate Change

onsdag, 24. november 2010

Mayors from around the world have signed an agreement to address climate change at the World Mayors Summit on Climate,…

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18 ships clear Northwest passage

torsdag, 28. oktober 2010

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This summer marks the 4th year in a row — and the 4th time in recorded history — that the…

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Biofuels for Europe driving land grabbing in Africa

fredag, 10. september 2010

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The amount of land being taken in Africa to meet Northern countries’ increasing demand for biofuels is underestimated and out…

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Governments have their heads in the sand when it comes to oil

onsdag, 9. juni 2010

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Sir David King, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, has today called on governments to recognise…

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From Space: Absence of Aircraft over Europe

fredag, 23. april 2010

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Two Envisat images over the North Sea illustrate the absence of aircraft over Europe following the ban on…

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Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis: The Quest for Green Growth

torsdag, 22. april 2010

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The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings today released a new report — “Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis:…

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Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!

torsdag, 18. februar 2010

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At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future, describing the need for “miracles” to avoid planetary…

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New enzymes turn waste into fuel

tirsdag, 16. februar 2010

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Novozymes launches the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste. Breakthroughs in enzyme technology enable cellulosic…

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US PEW Center: Climate TechBook

torsdag, 7. januar 2010

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Greenhouse gas emissions come from diverse sources across the economy. The magnitude of emissions and diversity of sources means that…

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WBGU: World in Transition – Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use

onsdag, 16. december 2009

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German Advisory Council on Global Change

Biofuels have been represented by some as a silver bullet to the climate change threat,…

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A Copenhagen Prognosis: towards a safe climate future

onsdag, 16. december 2009

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SEI, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launch A Copenhagen Prognosis:…

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Europe’s Share of the Climate Challenge

tirsdag, 1. december 2009

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This report examines how Europe can show leadership in keeping global climate change within these limits: firstly, by undertaking domestic…

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Western lifestyle unsustainable, says climate expert Rajendra Pachauri

søndag, 29. november 2009

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Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warned that western society must undergo a radical…

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Humanity Now Demanding 1.4 Earths

torsdag, 26. november 2009

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One the eve of the Copenhagen climate conference, Global Footprint Network is releasing data today that reveals a growing gap…

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Fossil-fuel emissions up 2 percent in 2008, tracking worst trends

onsdag, 18. november 2009

Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two percent last year to an all-time high, leaving Earth on a worst-scenario track…

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Netherlands To Tax Drivers By the Kilometer

tirsdag, 17. november 2009

The Dutch government wants to abolish ownership and sales taxes on automobiles and instead levy a fee on every kilometer…

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Low Carbon Fuels Could Disrupt Oil Market Within Five Years, Accenture Report Finds

tirsdag, 17. november 2009

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Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has identified the technologies that it predicts are most likely to transform the demand and supply of…

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Psychology is the missing link in the climate change debate

mandag, 26. oktober 2009

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Without a deeper insight into people’s behaviour and motivations, a low-carbon world will remain out of reach.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2009/oct/26/psychology-of-climate-change

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Orangutans struggle to survive as palm oil booms

mandag, 26. oktober 2009

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There are about 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, 80 percent of them in Indonesia and the rest…

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Energy solutions for CO2 emission peak and subsequent decline

fredag, 23. oktober 2009

Risø International Conference takes place over three days every second year at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy. The conference…

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Plenty of ways to reduce CO2 emissions from transport

fredag, 23. oktober 2009

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According to the final report from a workshop on transport (with Risø DTU as main organizer and held within the…

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Deadlines loom for creating new economy to avoid climate catastrophe

mandag, 19. oktober 2009

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The world has just five years to initiate a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable.…

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World Maritime Day 2009: Climate change: a challenge for IMO too!

mandag, 19. oktober 2009

Shipping is perhaps the most international of the world’s industries, serving more than 90 per cent of global trade by…

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Future Climate – Engineering Solutions : We can curb global warming

lørdag, 5. september 2009

Overcoming climate changes is the number one engineering challenge of the 21st century.

There is a strong need for a reduction…

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