When the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) opened in Paris on 30 November newspaper headlines were hyping up the importance of the meeting presenting it as the last 'now or never' opportunity. World leaders were proclaiming their commitment to a cleaner future, diplomats ...
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- 25.01.2016 14:50:00
Stage lights have been switched off, the treaty has been signed and the last delegation has just left Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris. The agreement has been called historical. And now it’s time to wonder: what’s next? Whether governments will be willing to commit on this treaty or not, it will be clear in a few years. And now what? According to the Financial Times, for instance, the British government doesn’t seem too concerned about the climate deal. Since this agreement has...
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- 22.12.2015 12:25:00
... positive than environmental groups’ like Greenpeace or WWF. In today’s post we have seen what is included into the final agreement and the main reactions to it. In order to deal with the enormous challenge and fulfil the ambitious goals this COP21 has set in front of us, we will also need to use the best technology we can come up with. And on the technological level, where are we? This will be the theme of next article.
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- 14.12.2015 14:35:00
What has been going on in Paris during the last weekend?
On Monday the COP conference entered its second and last week with little agreement between the parts. Laurent Fabius, French foreign minister and COP 21 president, Friday declared that what has been done so far “it’s not enough”.
And in fact, reading the draft treaty that has been published on Saturday, December 5th, it’s hard not to agree with him. This 48 page long document covers all the fundamental issues for whom...
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- 08.12.2015 13:41:00
... renewable energies today? And India? Why is Modi so interested in becoming the promoter of this international effort?
My deepest gratitude to all world leaders who joined launch of International Solar Alliance. Mr. Ban Ki-moon made insightful points. #COP21— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 30 ноября 2015
Renewable energies, those energies that belong to natural process that take less to be regenerated than to be consumed, are increasing their importance in the world, today. If in 2013, ...
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- 04.12.2015 19:11:00
... According to the data collected by the Edgar research center, and shown in the table below, China is the biggest polluter, closely followed by the United States. These two countries together emitted more than 15 million kiloton of CO2 just in the year 2013. COP21 will end on December 11th. For the reasons explained above, its success or failure will affect our and future generations.
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- 04.12.2015 18:59:00