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admin /15 December, 2009
Offshore Wind Makes Sense for China
by Frank Boyland, Scottish Development International
One of the thorniest issues that should be addressed at the COP 15 conference in Copenhagen is how large developing nations such as China can continue to grow their economies without producing catastrophic levels of carbon emissions. We believe that a central part of the answer must be renewable energy, and that China should do what it can to encourage renewable energy technology transfer from nations with renewables experience such as Scotland, which continues to build leading-edge capabilities in this increasingly critical area.
As the Saudi Arabia of wind and marine power, with one-quarter of both Europe’s tidal and wind power potential, Scotland is now poised to lead an offshore wind energy revolution that has significant potential to help China achieve its own objectives.
With the appropriate knowledge transfer, China has the opportunity to provide a “green growth” model to the rest of the developing world. To do so, however, requires a mammoth investment in renewable energy capacity to provide reliable, low-cost green energy on a mass scale to factories and cities. China has already shown a firm commitment to investing in renewable energy, a commitment that was reinforced by this year’s massive stimulus plan.
So far, this effort has been principally focused on hydroelectric, solar and onshore wind power. However, with China’s 9000-mile coastline, there is also considerable potential for offshore wind. While the global offshore wind industry is still at its early stages, we believe that offshore wind can and should be an integral part of China’s renewable energy portfolio. China’s State Meteorological Bureau has made a preliminary estimate of 750 GW for the country’s potential offshore wind energy capacity. Depending on hub heights, this potential could be even higher.
admin /15 December, 2009
Where are we up to with draft texts in Copenhagen? Blog Post | Blog of Christine Milne Tuesday 15th December 2009, 10:53am by TimHollo in Emissions Targets Kyoto and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Land Use Change & Forestry As we head into the final frantic days of Copenhagen, all the work Continue Reading →
admin /15 December, 2009
It’s the poor who will pay for Copenhagen’s circus
MORE people attend UN conferences than make a meaningful contribution, but even by UN standards delegates are describing the Copenhagen climate conference as a circus.
Twenty-odd thousand green activists predominantly from developed countries are overwhelming the 8000 government officials and demanding meetings with delegations so they can push their proposals into any final agreement.
A handful of green, anti-capitalist activists has even infiltrated official negotiations and are representing countries in some negotiating streams.
admin /15 December, 2009
Australia among climate index worst AAP December 14, 2009, 10:34 pm Australia is among the bottom four nations who did the least this year to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming, two European pressure groups said in a report on Monday. In its fifth annual Climate Protection Index, the Climate Action Network Continue Reading →
admin /14 December, 2009
China must be part of the Copenhagen solution
IF it is to have clarity from the Copenhagen climate change summit, the world needs leadership from China and the US. A political agreement that keeps open the prospect of a legally binding agreement in the future will not be achieved without Beijing, in particular, recognising that it must be part of the solution. A cashed-up China, more powerful than ever since the global financial crisis, must step up to play a lead role with the US.
admin /14 December, 2009
Talks Stall as Poorer Nations Threaten to walk out.
NOTE TALKS HAVE NOW BEEN SUSPENDED
Published: December 14, 2009
COPENHAGEN — Ongoing climate negotiations were temporarily upended on Monday when dozens of developing countries threatened to walk out in protest, saying that the world’s richer countries were not doing enough to cut their greenhouse gas emissions
The move seemed to be tactical, as climate talks entered a second, more serious week, and by Monday afternoon, representatives from developing countries said they were ready to return to the table. Still, the threat of nonparticipation underscored the tenuous balance between richer and poorer nations.
