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New Formula 1 Track: Crash Course in Environmental Politics?
Last year France was axed from the Grand Prix calendar after the French motorsport federation withdrew support of the Magny-Cours track, citing lack of funds. Formula 1 CEO, Bernie Ecclestone, ruled out returning to the rural venue, with his sites set on a Paris race date to grace the Formula 1 calendar. » Read more...
Climate Changing Tourism: France’s Future
The French Ministry of Economy’s Tourism Department has released a report on climate change that warns against significant losses to France’s buzzing tourist industry. » Read more...
The German wrecking bonus: party's over - what about side effects and hangovers?
Introduced as a seemingly small addition to make the Germany's economic stimulus package seem more specific in helping consumers and the automotive industry, the wrecking bonus has become a breathtaking success. » Read more...
A Sustainable Path to a low carbon economy
The UK’s Sustianable Development Commission has argued for a (different) financial model, which would strive for sustainability rather than economic growth to lead us to a low carbon economy, in a report published last week. » Read more...
“Carbon Bonds” – could they finance our way to a low carbon economy?
The G20 has just been and gone, but another London summit last month saw Prime Minister Gordon Brown, business secretary Lord Mandelson and climate change secretary Ed Miliband, talk of the danger that Britain would get left behind in the "global race" towards a low-carbon economy. » Read more...
A Scrappage Scheme designed to boost the transport sector
The transport sector once again takes centre stage, as the European Environment Agency criticizes the green credentials of motor vehicles, freight transport and rail networks. » Read more...
The outcomes: what did the G20 achieve for Climate Change?
[caption id="attachment_2998" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="The G20 leaders standing for their "] [/caption] The G20 Summit in London has now concluded, with US President Obama filling the main press briefing room for an hour-long press session. » Read more...
The G20 Summit - A Day in Review
As expected, the global economy took center stage at the G20 Summit held yesterday in London. » Read more...
G20 Live Blog
The Climatico Team will be providing a live-blog service on the climate change aspects of the G20 Summit and surrounding events in London, United Kingdom. » Read more...
How green will the London Summit outcomes be?
Author: Adeline Dontenville Expectations for the development of a ‘green stimulus’ to help revive the global economy have been downplayed in the past few days. » Read more...
Credit or Environmental crunch; CRC targets expanded to all UK businesses
Under the Government's Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme, announced last May, from next year every organisation that consumes more than 6,000 megawatt hours of electricity in 2008 or about £500,000-worth will now buy carbon allowances. » Read more...
Scotland powers ahead with ambitious Renewable Energy targets
Scottish ministers are aiming for 50% of electricity demand to be met by renewable energy by the year 2020, with an interim target of 31% by 2011, and recent reports suggests that they are running ahead of schedule. » Read more...
Hubble Bubble, food shortages bring trouble: A climate change ‘storm’ is looming for 2030!
The government’s chief scientific adviser, Professor John Beddington has warned that: “The UK is heading for a "perfect storm" of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy resources…this will threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration as people flee from the worst-affected regions.” The issue of food and energy security rose high on the political agenda last year during a spike in oil and commodity prices. » Read more...
A rocky road for the UK's Climate Change targets
Leading scientists from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research claimed this week that the level of carbon budgets for the UK, recommended by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) last December were too weak to limit the temperature rise to 2C and stop dangerous climate change. » Read more...
Climatico Report on National Climate Policy published, finds significant gap in adaptation funding
On March 5 2009 Climatico released its first assessment report of national climate policy across twelve of the G20 countries. » Read more...
Could microalgae hold the secret to the future sustainable transport fuel?
The biofuels debate is once again taking the stage, as the more sustainable second generation microalgae based fuels get ready to stamp out the unmitigated disaster presented by the first generation biofuels crops. » Read more...
UK coal plans are sparking intense global opposition
As UK Minister for Energy, Ed Milliband announces new plans to build a coal fuelled power station in the UK, global protesters are calling the government a "climate criminal", accusing the new plans to be a death trap for the planet. » Read more...
Green, lean, driving machine! £2bn aid package for UK car industry, with ‘green’ conditions…
The British automotive industry is to receive more than £2bn in soft loans under a new deal which was announced by Business Secretary, Peter Mandelson last week. » Read more...
Green Movement acknowledges nuclear power as a feasible option for the UK
[caption id="attachment_2263" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A field of sunflowers in front of the Areva Tricastin nuclear plant in in Bollene, in the south of France. » Read more...
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Hamburg: Taking the power back
Fabian Teichmueller, 19th May 09
Seven years ago, Hamburg sold its municipal energy provider to the Swedish utility Vattenfall. » Read more...
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