Sun shines through for clean technology outsourcing
Leonora Walet HONG KONG THE $39-billion global solar energy market is growing fast, but cut-throat competition means producers must shave costs
Leonora Walet HONG KONG THE $39-billion global solar energy market is growing fast, but cut-throat competition means producers must shave costs
<p>This paper is intended to explore the possibilities for a more consistent approach in the WTO to subsidies as a policy tool, in the context of one particularly important domestic and global policy challenge: climate change. The paper begins by outlining the possible role that that subsidies might play in climate mitigation policy.
In the lead-up to the climate change negotiations that are scheduled to take place in Copenhagen towards the end of 2009, pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and in order to reach agreement on a post-Kyoto Protocol international climate change regime, many countries around the globe are considering the options available to them to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emis
Increasing transparency around actions countries take to address climate change is key to fostering confidence, trust and ambition among Parties to the UNFCCC. Accordingly, developed
Interests in obtaining carbon offsets in host countries for Clean Development Mechanism projects may serve as an obstacle to implementing more stringent general environmental policies in the same countries. A relatively lax environmental policy, whereby carbon emissions remain high, can be advantageous for such countries as it leaves them with a higher than otherwise
Ensuring energy security and addressing climate change cost-effectively are key global challenges. Tackling these issues will require efforts from stakeholders worldwide. To find solutions, the public and private sectors must work together, sharing burdens and resources, while at the same time multiplying results and outcomes.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently expanded its reporting of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions starting in the fall of 2009. This analysis examines the level and drivers of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2009.
This latest Greenpeace guide ranks 18 top consumer electronics producers according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change. Nokia tops the list followed by Sony Ericsson & Toshiba while Nintendo remained at the bottom.
Policymakers seem to face a trade-off when designing national trade and investment policies related to clean energy sectors.
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Chennai: With the diesel gensets powering 3 lakh telecom towers guzzling Rs 6,400 crore fossil fuel every year, the time has come to think about solar power replacing diesel gensets, said Farooq Abdullah, minister of new and renewable energy (MNRE).
This Down To Earth report on how communities in Nepal have demanded their right to energy.  It provides lessons for countries like India, keen on building decentralised systems and reinventing energy futures.
CHENNAI: The government and industry need to jointly explore new sites with wind energy potential to scale down the use of fossil fuels, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday.
Bijoy Ghosh The renewable energy sector, particularly solar energy, should now focus on technology and bringing down costs, said Dr Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy.
After nine years of regulatory review, the US government gave the green light on Wednesday to the nation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday presented two innovative proposals to help the climate-victim countries in South Asia as the eight-nation Saarc Summit began in Thimpu with the theme
Mumbai: After witnessing a dip in 2009 on account of the global financial crisis, the green sector in India is once again attracting the attention of investors and banks.
INDIA-BORN venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has found a place in the Forbes list of the 10 greenest billionaires, who have achieved corporate success through investment in environmental causes. For the list, Forbes chose the billionaires who are most active in green, sustainable causes and who are working to have the greatest impact in safeguarding the environment.
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Washington: From solar-powered water purification systems in Afghanistan to a Navy jet fueled in part by biofuel, the US military is taking a lead role in shrinking the US carbon