The Crown Estate | British Geological Survey http://www.co2stored.co.uk/ [Business Green] Carbon capture and storage (CCS) developers can now access “world leading” information on how much captured CO2 geological sites around the UK could potentially hold. The new CO2 Stored website, launched today by The Crown Estate and the British Geological Survey, makes the UK the … Continue reading »
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Sectoral Approaches and the Carbon Market
OECD / by Richard Baron, Barbara Buchner, Jane Ellis http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/sectoral-approaches-and-the-carbon-market_5k4559g5snzq-en Sectoral approaches are proposed as a means to broaden the global scope of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation to developing countries. Market mechanisms are put forward in that context to create incentives for mitigation in developing countries beyond the existing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and to … Continue reading »
Redrawing the Energy-Climate Map
International Energy Agency [A World Energy Outlook Special Report] http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/energyclimatemap/ [InsideEPA.com, sub. req'd] …The International Energy Agency (IEA) June 10 issued a report that cautioned without new GHG control policies, the United States may have cut GHG emissions as much as it can through increased use of natural gas and indicated that rising gas prices … Continue reading »
Outsourcing CO2 Within China
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Published online before print June 10, 2013; doi: 10.1073/pnas.1219918110) / by Kuishuang Feng, Steven J. Davis, Laixiang Sun, Xin Li, Dabo Guan, Weidong Liu, Zhu Liu and Klaus Hubacek http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/06/04/1219918110 [BBC News] China is outsourcing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions within its own borders, a study has found. This … Continue reading »
Oil Sands Extraction Waste Poses Risk to Canada’s Mackenzie River Basin
Rosenberg International Forum: The Mackenzie River Basin Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy http://rosenberg.ucanr.org/ [AirWaterLand.ca] “The ever-present potential for structural failure of the tailing ponds will pose risks, both large and growing, of environmental catastrophe” in the Mackenzie River Basin, according to a report of the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy. “There is concern … Continue reading »
Air Implementation Pilot – Lessons Learnt from the Implementation of Air Quality Legislation at Urban Level
European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/air-implementation-pilot-2013 Almost three quarters of Europeans live in cities. The air quality in our cities is therefore of significant importance to the health of Europeans. Considerable progress has been made in the past twenty years in improving urban air quality, but issues remain. A number of different air pollutants such as nitrogen … Continue reading »
An Assessment of the Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change on the Coastal and Marine Sector in the Caribbean
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) | Australian AID http://www.cepal.org/portofspain/noticias/documentosdetrabajo/7/49707/Coastal_and_Marine.pdf [From Executive Summary] Climate change poses special challenges for Caribbean decision makers related to the uncertainties inherent in future climate projections and the complex linkages between climate change, physical and biological systems, and socioeconomic sectors. At present, however, the Caribbean subregion lacks … Continue reading »
The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013
U.N. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2013/en/home/index.html [From Press Release] The relationship between business investment practices and disaster risk is poorly understood. The 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR13)‘From Shared Risk to Shared Value: The Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction’ seeks to fill that gap. It explores why increasing disaster … Continue reading »
The State of Nature
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/science/stateofnature/index.aspx Scientists working side-by-side from 25 wildlife organisations have compiled a stock take of our native species – the first of its kind in the UK. The report reveals that 60% of the species studied have declined over recent decades. More than one in ten of all the … Continue reading »
Effectiveness of Policies and Strategies to Increase the Capacity Utilisation of Intermittent Renewable Power Plants
OECD / by David Benatia, Nick Johnstone and Ivan Haščič http://bit.ly/113YCJq Intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, will become increasingly important in the electricity supply mix if ambitious renewable energy targets are to be met. This paper presents evidence on the effectiveness of different strategies and measures to increase the capacity utilisation … Continue reading »
