Click graph to enlarge. Researchers at Stanford University say blazing growth in the generation of electricity in China ended last year as the global recession struck. (Data collected by Ricard Morse and He Gang, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Stanford University. Source: China National Bureau of Statistics)
China ready for post-Kyoto deal on climate change
China ready for post-Kyoto deal on climate change
Dramatic reversal in US position under Obama has brought Beijing to the table on emission cuts, says UK climate secretary
- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 6 May 2009 18.52 BST
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China is ready to abandon its resistance to limits on its carbon emissions and wants to reach an international deal to fight global warming, the Guardian has learned.
According to Britain’s climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, who met senior officials in Beijing this week, China is ready to “do business” with developed countries to reach an agreement to replace the Kyoto treaty.
Miliband said he was encouraged by the change in tone since late last year in the country that emits more greenhouse gases than any other. “I think they’re up for a deal. I get the strong impression that they want an agreement,” he told the Guardian.
First cut of US climate bill emerges
An energy bill for the United States government has cleared its first committee on its way to discussion by the US Congress. The bill falls short of President Obama’s targets, nominating an emissions reduction target of 17% and generation of 15% of energy from renewable sources by 2020. The 2050 target in the bill is Continue Reading →
Wales makes green future law
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| Electric narrowboating in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Photograph: Alamy |
Wales today laid out radical plans to make it one of the most energy- and resource-efficient countries in the world within a generation.
The government development plans, which are legally binding, are far in advance of anything planned for England or Scotland and would see it become energy self-sufficient in using renewable electricity within 20 years and reduce waste to zero by 2050.
The proposals would make Wales one of only three countries in the world legally bound to develop “sustainably”.
“We intend to reduce by 80-90% our use of carbon-based energy, resulting in a similar reduction in our greenhouse gas generation,” said Jane Davidson, the Welsh environment minister, launching the sustainable development scheme at the Guardian’s Hay festival. “We are committed to making annual 3% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2011,” she added.
Wales plans for energy self-sufficiency with renewables in 20 years
Wales plans for energy self-sufficiency with renewables in 20 years
Ambitious, legally binding plans ‘set an example for the rest of the world to follow’, says Jonathan Porr
- guardian.co.uk, Friday 22 May 2009 15.41 BST
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Electric narrowboating in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Photograph: Alamy
Wales today laid out radical plans to make it one of the most energy– and resource-efficient countries in the world within a generation.
The government development plans, which are legally binding, are far in advance of anything planned for England or Scotland and would see it become energy self-sufficient in using renewable electricity within 20 years and reduce waste to zero by 2050.
The proposals would make Wales one of only three countries in the world legally bound to develop “sustainably”.
“We intend to reduce by 80-90% our use of carbon-based energy, resulting in a similar reduction in our greenhouse gas generation,” said Jane Davidson, the Welsh environment minister, launching the sustainable development scheme at the Guardian’s Hay festival. “We are committed to making annual 3% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2011,” she added.