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First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Zimbabwe: No More Non-Radical Option for Emissions

ATMOSPHERIC concentrations of carbon dioxide have broken the 400 parts per million level at several stations of the World Meteorological Organisation across the world, heightening the need for radical action to arrest emissions growth and limit climate ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming/Climate Change, Zimbabwe

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei's Regular Press Conference on May 17, 2013

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei held a press conference on May 17, 2013.Hong Lei started the press conference with the following announcement:At the invitation of the government of the Republic of Ecuador, Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei will ... [Published Ministry Foreign Affairs People's Republic China - May 20 2013]

Entities: Hong Lei, China, Hong Kong

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

European Union

China opposes EU's aviation emissions levy

EU to probe Chinese mobile telecommunication companiesEU plan to buy oil from rebels 'illegal', says SyriaChina's trade growth to pick up slightly this yearMyanmar anticipates total lift of EU sanctionsBeijing, May 18 (IANS) China has opposed the European ... [Published Taaza.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: China, European Union, Emission, Aviation

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Solvay SA

Solvay Plant May Have Earned Most From UN Carbon Offsets Sales

Solvay SA (SOLB)’s chemical factory in Ulsan, South Korea, may have earned the most from selling United Nations carbon offsets in the five years through 2012.The facility was awarded more than 73 million Certified Emission Reductions from 2005 to last ... [Published BusinessWeek - May 16 2013]

Entities: Solvay SA, Carbon Offset, United Nations

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

Geothermal power project in Philippines gets UN ‘green’ ok

Maibara Geothermal’s 20MW geothermal power project in the Philippine province of Batangas has been given a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) approval from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).The plant is expected to be completed for ... [Published New Energy World Network - May 16 2013]

Entities: Geothermal Power, Clean Development Mechanism, United Nations, Philippines

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

African Development Bank

AfDB supports Climate Change resilience in three countries with $17.8m

Following the approval March of $18.6 million for three water and sanitation projects, the African Development Bank (AfDB), has renewed its support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola.As a result of that approval too, the three ... [Published Ghana Business News - May 15 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, African Development Bank, Resilience, Adaptation

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 4 reports

Dire new climate warning

Durban - The world has crossed into a new "danger zone" where the children and grandchildren of the current adult generation will have to survive much hotter temperatures and unpredictable climate patterns, the head of the UN climate change treaty system ... [Published IOL - May 14 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Climate, Carbon Dioxide

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

UNFCCC chief calls for stepped up response to climate change

There's been a call for a greatly stepped-up response to climate change by all parts of society. The call comes from the Executive Secretary of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) Christiana Figueres in reaction to word that the global ... [Published United Nations Multimedia - May 13 2013]

Entities: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ..., Global Warming/Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, Framework Convention on Climate Change, Clear and Present Danger

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

*Saudi Arabia Participates in 4th Meeting of Dialogue on Climate 2 Riyadh

In the second session of the meeting, the minister said that the Kingdom recognizes the importance of the private sector and its potential in advancing sustainable development calling for climate policies that do not harm the market and do not generate ... [Published Saudi Press Agency - May 07 2013]

Entities: Climate, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Electric Power - Regional - CDM watch: Hydro, wind, solar projects

BNamericas provides a roundup of South American energy projects seeking registration as CDMs with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).The 456MW Chaglla hydro being developed by ... ... [Published Business News Americas - May 03 2013]

Entities: Electrical Power, Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

Fiji assures G77 protection of all positions

Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Amena Yauvoli has assured members of Group 77 that under Fijis chairmanship all positions of the Group is protected.Yauvoli chaired and opened the first meeting of G77 on climate change ... [Published Fijivillage.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: Fiji, Global Warming/Climate Change, Bonn

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Climate talks begin in Bonn

DateLONDON: The latest round of UN climate talks began in Bonn, Germany, yesterday with a focus on laying the foundations for agreeing a new global climate treaty in 2015.Following agreement at 2012's UN climate conference in Doha (COP18) to extend the ... [Published The Climate Group - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Climate, Bonn, Christiana Figueres, UN Climate Change Conference

Quotes

Commenting on the initiative, H E Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary General of EAD, said: "Introducing the inventory falls in line with EAD's strategic priority to ensure that our air is clean and to minimise climate change and its impacts. Besides allowing us to monitor and assess the greenhouse gases that are affecting the Emirate's air quality, the inventory allowed us to collaborate and transfer knowledge to our partners in both public and private sectors."

EAD announces completion of Greenhouse Gas Inventory Project [Published AME Info - May 20 2013]

"With 400ppm CO2 in the atmosphere, we have crossed an historic threshold and entered a new danger zone" Figueres said in a Press statement

Zimbabwe: No More Non-Radical Option for Emissions [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

These findings are part of an exploration of Climate Change in the American Mind issued by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication . "This is about something much deeper. It’s about identity, about values, it’s about emotions." -- Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale Project

Climate Change Is Happening… So What? [Published Inter Press Service - May 16 2013]

Brundtland herself had recognised the dangers of this happening and, in her foreword to 'Our Common Future', said: "The 'environment' is where we all live; and 'development' is what we all do in attempting to improve our lot within that abode. The two are inseparable." [1]

Let's reconnect green issues and development post-2015 [Published SciDev.Net - May 15 2013]

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Energy And Environment Update -- May 20, 2013 [Published JD Supra - 12 hours ago]
Abu Dhabi’s first greenhouse gas data to fight ... [Published Gulf News - May 20 2013]
EAD announces completion of Greenhouse Gas Inve... [Published AME Info - May 20 2013]
Zimbabwe: No More Non-Radical Option for Emissions [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei's Regula... [Published Ministry Foreign Affairs People's Republic China - May 20 2013]
No more non-radical option for emissions [Published Zimbabwe Herald - May 19 2013]
China opposes EU's aviation emissions levy [Published Taaza.com - May 18 2013]
China opposes EU's aviation emissions levy [Published ProKerala.com - May 18 2013]
Uztransgaz modernizes gas distribution network ... [Published UzDaily.com - May 17 2013]
Solvay Plant May Have Earned Most From UN Carbo... [Published BusinessWeek - May 16 2013]
Ukraine Carbon Offset Usage Soars as EU Ban Tal... [Published BusinessWeek - May 16 2013]
Arctic Council Prioritizes Sustainable Developm... [Published Environment News Service - May 16 2013]
Geothermal power project in Philippines gets UN... [Published New Energy World Network - May 16 2013]
Climate Change Is Happening… So What? [Published Inter Press Service - May 16 2013]
Energy And Environment Update -- May 13, 2013 [Published JD Supra - May 16 2013]
Let's reconnect green issues and development po... [Published SciDev.Net - May 15 2013]
AfDB supports Climate Change resilience in thre... [Published Ghana Business News - May 15 2013]
Biggest Emitter China May Not Import Carbon Cre... [Published Bloomberg - May 15 2013]
Policy: Taking international action to mitigate... [Published Foreign and Commonwealth Office - May 15 2013]
African Development Bank Provides 18 Million US... [Published New Business Ethiopia - May 14 2013]
KfW-NEFCO initiative on new market based approa... [Published Nefco - May 14 2013]
PetroEnergy's Maibarara geothermal project bags... [Published Interaksyon - May 14 2013]
Dire new climate warning [Published IOL - May 14 2013]
The ins and outs of the National Conservation Law [Published Caymanian Compass - May 14 2013]
Global Concentration Of Carbon Dioxide At All-t... [Published Bernama - May 14 2013]
Ahead of June climate change talks UN body urge... [Published Birmingham Star - May 14 2013]
Global CO2 Concentration Reaches 400 Parts Per ... [Published Spectrum Online - May 14 2013]
AfDB Renews Support of Climate Change Resilienc... [Published BizWire Express - May 14 2013]
Global concentration of carbon dioxide hits rec... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 14 2013]
Global concentration of carbon dioxide at all-t... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]

Blogs

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The Myth of Green Australia [Published Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and p ... - May 04 2013] Having collected the Nobel peace prize in 2007, Al Gore’s fortunes as a climate crusader slid into the doldrums. But 8th November 2011 arrived as a ray of sunshine. On that day Australia’s parliament passed into law the world’s first economy-wide ...
Climate clippings 72 [Published Larvatus Prodeo - May 03 2013] The last Climate clippings was back in March 2012. I’ve decided to start it up again, so we’ll see how we go. What I try to do is to include up to eight entries with an average of no more than 125 words. Readers who want to keep up in a general ...
Five Reasons We Need a New Global Agreement on ... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Apr 30 2013] Jake Schmidt, International Climate Policy Director, Washington, DC In December 2011 countries agreed in Durban, South Africa to secure a new international legal agreement by 2015 . This is not the first time that countries agreed to finalize such ...
Voluntary Offsets and the Backloading Brouhaha [Published Carbon Clear Blog - Apr 26 2013] My previous posts about "backloading" and the EU ETS have focused on the implications for the compliance markets in Europe and elsewhere. In compliance markets, government regulators set the rules governing the supply of emission reduction allowances ...
April 15 News: U.S. And China Officially Workin... [Published Think Progress - Apr 15 2013] The U.S. and China agreed in a joint statement to create a “Climate Change Working Group” that will present cooperation opportunities “on technology, research, conservation, and alternative and renewable energy.” [ The Hill ] The statement starts: ...