Category Archives: Climate Change
European renewable energy market
On friday the 24th of February the European Commission invite stakeholders for consultation in preparation of the 2012 Renewable Energy Strategy. As recently pointed out in the Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050, renewable energy sources will play a major part in Europe’s … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, Investment, News, Renewable Energy
New rating – Leaders in the IT industry
The latest Cool IT Leaderboard ranks 21 IT companies on their clean energy leadership potential, willingness to embrace clean energy solutions and potential to influence energy decisions. Google topped the table for its clear support of stronger US clean energy … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, Energy efficiency, IT, News, NGO
Sustainable Capitalism? – 2
There is a systemic crisis affecting most countries on the planet. It is not restricted to capitalism and in fact extends far beyond it. It is a crisis that has been in the making for decades and one that results … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, Leadership and Sustainability, Network, News, Political Governance
Airlines look for a new landing strip….
Just before Christmas the European Union Court of Justice successfully upheld EU law to include foreign airlines in its Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). From this month, the EU Aviation Directive will force all airlines to buy carbon credits for flights … Continue reading
David Suzukis call on Canada´s pull out of Kyoto II
When we see the Canadian national government pulling out of the Kyoto treaty 2, a sudden urgency comes for the Mayors in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Hamilton and Yellowknife to show leadership and how cities can reduce their impact on Climate Change. As far as I … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, News, Political Governance
2020 Limburg: Climate Neutral
What a difference can a province make? Lots! Here is the story of how one determined governor, 44 mayors and a whole region are turning the page of history. Let me first tell you a bit about Limburg. It is … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, Interviews, News, Sustainable Cities
Ranking of first Climate Change movers
Ranking of global companies are something that can be a way to see where the first movers are. Ranking systems that have been looking into the climate issues and are connecting to the growth of the Low Carbon Economy are … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, News
How economy, energy efficiency and climate change work together
As I mentioned in earlier blogs – cities have a key role to play to reduce their carbon footprint. The Empire State Building is one of the new best practise of energy efficiency in US. The network of Mayors of … Continue reading
Categories: Climate Change, News, Sustainable Cities, Tools for change
Global challenges – local solutions
This coming week we will see the result from the UN negotiations on Climate Change. We are also feeling the heat of the upcoming EU Summit. Will the result of the two summits be step to integrate the both the finance … Continue reading
