http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ en-gb Sat, 25 May 2013 01:42:59 Copyright(c) Carbon News 2013 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/images/carbonnews.gif http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ Europe's plan to decarbonise its economy by 2050 could be turned on its head at a high-level meeting today. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6798 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6798 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 Holger Krahmer ... end of climate hysteria. The world will run out of fresh water unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the United Nations warns. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6799 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6799 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 The European Parliament has approved a non-binding resolution calling for a mandatory EU-wide share for renewables for 2030, but failed to set the target in the 40-45 per cent range. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6800 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6800 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 New research shows that the vast majority of scientists believe in anthropogenic climate change. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6809 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6809 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 South Korea is preparing to introduce the world's most ambitious emissions trading scheme, potentially paving the way for carbon costs as high as $90 a tonne for many of the country's key industries. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6784 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6784 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 It's time for China to adopt tighter laws and more regional efforts to fight air pollution through market mechanisms such as the carbon trading system, says an American expert. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6781 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6781 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 A stepped-up coordinated response is needed to fend off the impacts of climate change after the world's carbon-dioxide concentrations surpassed their highest level in four million years, says the United Nations. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6785 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6785 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 Europe faces a 'lost decade' of climate and energy policy inaction between 2020-2030, says a new report. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6783 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6783 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 Students and alumni of Oxford University have protested at the opening of a new lab in its Earth sciences department that is funded with €7 million from the Shell oil company. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6782 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6782 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 The expanding market for low-carbon and environmentally friendly products will create huge new opportunities in an increasingly interconnected world, says the United Nations. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6772 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6772 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 A strategy aimed at promoting green infrastructure and putting natural processes at the heart of its spatial planning has been adopted by the European Union. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6770 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6770 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 A 2015 tax cut in Australia associated with the carbon trading scheme will not go ahead because of the drop in the carbon price in Europe. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6771 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6771 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 European bans on fracking for shale gas could face lawsuits under a far-reaching investment clause in a draft Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA) treaty. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6769 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6769 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 The World Meteorological Organisation says there are now "clear" and "worrisome" signs that climate change is taking place. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6776 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6776 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 Prince Charles has attacked corporate lobbyists and climate change sceptics for turning the Earth into a "dying patient", making his most outspoken criticism yet of the world's failure to tackle global warming. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6775 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6775 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 Prince Charles ... up a gum tree. For the first time in human history, concentrations of carbon dioxide this month could rise above 400 parts per million and remain there for sustained lengths of time. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6763 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6763 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 Ralph Keeting ... curve tells the story. Coal investors could suffer heavy losses in the future as carbon assets are frozen by regulators to achieve global warming targets, a new research report has found. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6761 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6761 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 The Asia-Pacific region must boost its resource efficiency or risk losing ground in lifestyle, economic growth and environmental sustainability, says a new UN report. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6759 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6759 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 Twenty-two out of 29 states in India have failed to meet their renewable energy targets, says a new report. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6762 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6762 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 Climate change has been cited as the cause behind a raft of recent phenomena, from increasing turbulence on planes to rising rates of malaria, dengue, and even domestic abuse. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6760 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6760 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 Heavier rainfall and bigger storms could be responsible for more unsettled stomachs in parts of Europe, scientists believe. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6764 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6764 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 More than 40 southern countries experienced significantly greater human development than specialists would have predicted 20 years ago, but global temperature shifts could yet undermine their progress, says a United Nations report. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6755 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6755 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 A European Union plan to "backload" or withhold 900 million carbon allowances to see-saw their falling price, rejected by the European Parliament in a plenary session last week, could return for a second-round vote in June. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6751 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6751 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The bicycle could come into its own as a major part of city transport systems if an international forum meeting in Bali has its way. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6752 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6752 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The European Union's flagship scheme for cutting carbon emissions suffered one of the most serious setbacks in its chequered history this week when members (MEPs) voted against a proposal to shore up the price of carbon in the Emissions Trading... http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6736 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6736 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The Australian Government is facing calls to strengthen its carbon tax, as new figures show the country's emissions fell only slightly last year. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6737 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6737 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Decisions about whether New Zealand should take climate change refugees from the Pacific will be up to a government "some way in the future", the Prime Minister says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6743 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6743 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The private sector is emerging as a key source of financing the sustainable management of forests that, if tapped properly, could result in benefits for the environment and for businesses. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6738 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6738 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Russia's export monopoly Gazprom and energy giant Royal Dutch Shell have signed a tentative deal to develop hydrocarbons in the Russian Arctic. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6721 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6721 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Just days after Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to set a launch date for its city-wide carbon trading scheme, Shanghai has followed suit with confirmation its own carbon market will be in place before the end of June. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6719 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6719 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The international community is losing vast amounts of agricultural production due to the effects of continuing land degradation such as desertification, says a new study. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6718 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6718 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The American school system is incorporating climate change into its science curriculum. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6720 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6720 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The heatwaves, flooding and bush fires striking Australia have already been intensified by climate change and are set to get worse, says a new report. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6714 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6714 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Tim Flannery ... strong atcion needed. The world could be headed toward warming even more catastrophic than expected, says the author of an influential 2006 study on climate change. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6713 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6713 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Nicholas Stern ... leaders must act. One of the United States' most prominent voices on climate change, NASA scientist James Hansen, is retiring so he can get busier with activism. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6712 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6712 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 James Hansen ... going full-time. The Australian Government has pumped $30 million into a project that will look at how farm practices can be adapted to reduce carbon emissions and earn farmers a second income stream by generating and selling carbon credits. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6715 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6715 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 China has laid out an ambitious road map to reduce emissions by 40-45 per cent by 2020, including the world's largest national carbon trading scheme. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6697 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6697 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Xie Zhenhua ... misunderstandings. Europe's environmental goals will become meaningless unless countries learn from US President Barack Obama's mistakes, says a top climate analyst.. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6693 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6693 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Jeremy Rifkin ... supergrids are the key. New Zealand is one of a handful of countries that could benefit as the Earth's warming phase drives a wave of change through the world of wine, according to climate change experts. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6692 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6692 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 It's one of the great political job titles … Minister of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6691 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6691 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Greg Combet ... busy man. Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol has led to one of the world's most prestigious research institute pulling out of a $25 million tar sands project. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6680 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6680 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 Drivers of European cars who find that the fuel efficiency in their new car doesn't match up to the claims made by the manufacturer, now know it is not their driving to blame. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6679 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6679 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 Australian and United States clean energy organisations have joined forces to advance the use of research and energy information. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6681 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6681 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 Cost-effective battery storage for residential and commercial renewable energy systems is a step closer following an Australian Government investment of $480,000 to test a world-leading battery technology. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6682 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6682 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 Plans to kick-start Europe's low-carbon vehicles industry with a huge infrastructure package have run into early roadblocks. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6665 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6665 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Japan might revive discussions regarding a carbon market to effectively reduce pollution levels after elections for the Upper House of parliament in July. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6666 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6666 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Australia's average new car emissions have reduced by 21 per cent in 11 years, according to new figures. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6667 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6667 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Climate change is the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific, says the US Navy's top man in the area. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6668 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6668 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Countries need to work together to use their experiences, science and technologies to create formal national preventive policies against droughts, say United Nations officials. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6669 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6669 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Five weeks after voting down the 'backloading' (or withholding) of allowances to raise carbon prices, the European Parliament's industry committee is proposing two far-more ambitious structural measures. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6652 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6652 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:00:00