UN official calls fossil fuels ‘high-risk’ investment Lima 2014 UNFCCC #TurningPoint #COP20

2014, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Coal, Communication, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Natural Gas, Oil, Policy, Solar Power, Solutions, Tar Sands, Wind PowerLeave a comment

Christiana Figueres responds to journalists, selected parts from the Lima Climate Change Conference – press briefing, December 1st, 2014. Source: UNFCCC Executive Secretary and COP20/CMP10 President http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop20/events/2014-12-01-16-30-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change/unfccc-executive-secretary-and-cop20-cmp10-president Related Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change IPCC Working Group III Contribution to AR5 http://mitigation2014.org/ UN official calls fossil fuels ‘high-risk’ investment http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/225686-un-official-calls-fossil-fuels-high-risk-investment Oil Investors May Be…

Memo: Get out of fossil energy while you still can

2014, Clean Tech, Coal, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Natural Gas, Oil, Tar Sands1 Comment

Last Thursday’s OPEC meeting in Vienna was considered as the most important in years, which resulted in the collapse of the oil price, which still continues. Greg Muttitt noted that same day: After three years of holding steady around $110 a barrel, oil had dropped below $80. Within minutes of their decision, the price fell by another $5.…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Climate Change

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Transcript of Archbishop Tutu’s remarks on climate change: “The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time. Over the 25 years that climate change has been on the world’s agenda Global emissions have risen unchecked while real world impacts have taken hold in earnest. Time is running out. We are…

Deutschland ist Weltmeister in Energieeffizienz

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Nachdem Deutschland den Weltmeister Titel im Fussball gewonnen hat, folgt nun nach kurzer Pause ein erneuter globaler Titel, Deutschland wurde zum Weltmeister in Energieeffizienz gewählt. Eine Studie ergab, dass Bemühungen bei der Gebäudesanierung, Deutschland zum Titel verhalf. Die Umweltgruppe American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy aus Washington, lobte die Maßnahmen Deutschlands bei Gebäudesanierungen, welche als Ziel haben den…