Tag Archives: förnyelsebar energi
How did a 84,000 city in the south of Sweden reduce their Carbon Emission with 41 %
The figures for 2011 are now compiled and show the per capita carbon dioxide is now 2.7 tons of carbon dioxide compared to the 1993 levels. Their goal is to reduce it to 55% by 2015 and by 100% by … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, Leadership and Sustainability, News, Sustainable Cities
New Danish report – Get more from less
Denmark, which took over the presidency of the EU on 1 January ( 6 month), hopes an agreement can be reached at the 9 March meeting on the the commission’s low-carbon roadmap.Today a new report tell us that Denmark is one of … Continue reading →
Categories: Bioenergy, Climate Change, Energy efficiency, Leadership and Sustainability, News
Revolution, Recession AND Sustainability
Revolution and recession. For good reason, these two words have dominated headlines over the past year. Yet talk of such political and financial tumult has resulted in the neglect of a third issue, which is both critical and germane: sustainability. … Continue reading →
New IEA World Outlook Report on Energy
Modern energy services are crucial to human well‐being and to a country’s economic development; and yet globally over 1.3 billion people are without access to electricity and 2.7 billion people are without clean cooking facilities. More than 95% of these … Continue reading →
89% see climate change as a serious problem in a new European survey
As Europe takes action to meet its objectives, it is important to understand the attitudes and behaviour of EU citizens towards climate change and their expectations for the future. This Eurobarometer survey measures these and compares them with the last … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, News
Higher returns from top carbon performers
Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 5001 report, published today – 14 September 20111, which examines carbon reduction activities at the world’s largest public corporations, has found for the first time in the ten year history of the survey, that the majority have … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, Investment, News
City ranking in Europe and the London Olympics 2012
In an interview with Andrew Mitchell, FCO Director for 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in London this week we discussed the Sustainability targets for the games. See the interview and what he said about the Carbon Neutral targets and other challenges. … Continue reading →
Categories: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Interviews, Leadership and Sustainability, News, NGO, Sustainable Cities
The first bio refinery in Sweden from agriculture crops
Just outside Svalöv in Skåne is Sweden’s first biorefinery to make the chemicals of agricultural crops under construction. There, wheat, hemp and other plants is converted into chemicals, plastics, paints, pet bottles, packaging, ink, vitamins and other products that society … Continue reading →
Green Awards – Forest and biodiversity on the agenda
The UN International Year of Forests is the theme for this year’s International Year of Green AwardsTM, in recognition of the key role that sustainable forest management plays towards promoting a more equitable future. Last year, the Awards honoured respected BBC … Continue reading →
Categories: Biodiversity, News
Seattle – a vision for a carbon-neutral city
Cities play a unique role in addressing climate change, and Seattle has long been a leader in this field. Recognizing the extraordinary challenge of carbon neutrality and in preparation for updating its Climate Action Plan by 2012, the Seattle Office of … Continue reading →
Categories: Climate Change, Dependency on fossil fuel, News, Sustainable Cities
