Climate Change: Key Terms in 23 Languages

European Commission, IATE (InterActive Terminology for Europe) database http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/librairie/PDF/Climatechange_Key-terms_bookmarks.pdf A climate change glossary in all the languages of the European Union. Look up terms for “Clean Development Mechanism”, “Climate Change Mitigation”, “Commitment Period”, etc. in Estonian, Finnish, Greek and so on. It would have been nice if they had included a key for the two [...]

CO2 Emissions Induced by EU’s Final Use of Products are Estimated to be 9 Tonnes Per Capita

Eurostat http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-11-022/EN/KS-SF-11-022-EN.PDF Eurostat estimates the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) induced by EU’s final use of products to be 9 tonnes per capita and year. The modelling-estimations are based on environmentally extended input-output tables which have been compiled for the very first time for the aggregated EU. The integrated data form a powerful basis for [...]

Garnaut Climate Change Review – Update 2011: Australia in the Global Response to Climate Change

Ross Gaunaut for the Commonwealth of Australia http://www.garnautreview.org.au/update-2011/garnaut-review-2011.html [Green Car Congress]  It will be much harder and more expensive for Australia to do its fair share on climate change without a carbon pricing scheme, according to the final report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review – Update 2011, Australia in the Global Response to Climate [...]

Annual European Union Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2009 and Inventory Report 2011

European Environment Agency www.eea.europa.eu/publications/european-union-greenhouse-gas-inventory-2011 [From Executive Summary] EU‑27 : Total GHG emissions, without Land Use, Land‑Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), in the EU‑27 decreased by 17.4 % between 1990 and 2009 (974 million tonnes CO2-equivalents). Emissions decreased by 7.1 % (355 million tonnes CO2‑equivalents) between 2008 and 2009 (Figure ES.1). EU‑15  : In 2009, total [...]

Growing a Better Future

Oxfam International http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/policy/growing-better-future [Yale Environment 360] The prices of staple foods, which have already reached record levels in 2011, could more than double over the next two decades, a new Oxfam report says. According to the report, “Growing a Better Future”, a combination of factors — including climate change, diminished natural resources worldwide, population growth, [...]

Towards Green Growth: Monitoring Progress

OECD (RFFers have access to these two books; if prompted for a password, use the link on the library landing page on the upper left) www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/towards-green-growth-monitoring-progress_9789264111356-en This book provides measurement tools, including indicators, to support countries’ efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental [...]

Harnessing Variable Renewables: A Guide to the Balancing Challenge

OECD (RFFers have access to this publication; if prompted for a password, use the link on the library landing page on the upper left) http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/content/book/9789264111394-en Power systems must be actively managed to maintain a steady balance between supply and demand. This is already a complex task as demand varies continually. But what happens when supply [...]

Co-Generation and Renewables: Solutions for a Low-Carbon Energy Future-

International Energy Agency (free download) http://www.iea.org/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2397 Secure, reliable, affordable and clean energy supplies are fundamental to economic and social stability and development. Energy and environmental decision-makers are faced with major challenges that require action now in order to ensure a more sustainable future. More efficient use of, and cleaner primary energy sources can help to [...]

Carbon Capture and Storage Legal and Regulatory Review, 2nd ed.

International Energy Agency (free download) http://www.iea.org/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2407 The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that 100 carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects must be implemented by 2020 and over 3 000 by 2050 if CCS is to fully contribute to the least-cost technology portfolio for CO2 mitigation. To help countries address the many legal and regulatory issues [...]

Uranium Marketing Annual Report 2011

US DOE, Energy Information Admin. http://www.eia.gov/uranium/marketing/ Statistical data update for 2010 on uranium marketing activities in the United States.