Business Edition
nr 72
October 18, 2007
Special:
Commission still struggling with RE trading issue
The European Commission is still considering how to introduce trading into the renewable energy market. Last Friday’s meeting between senior officials from the Commission and from Member States brought no clarity about the issue, Commission officials still don’t want to comment on the progress. Read more
Al Gore and IPCC share Nobel Peace Prize
Last Friday The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore. The Prize is a symbol of their input in increasing and spreading knowledge about man-made climate change and the subsequent actions that are needed. Read more
‘Nobel Peace Prize encourages to start acting now’
The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore is a signal of understanding for the need for political action on climate change. Read more
Editorial: Half a Nobel Prize, full credit for IPCC
(for free)
Thanks to the broad-minded Nobel Prize Committee, the climate change issue has been honoured with a Peace Prize. Of course Al Gore is in the spotlight. But for many people the real credit goes to the IPCC and its several thousand scientists. Read more
Paper shows boundaries of certificate trading
A paper for the German Ministry of Environment BMU, not yet officially published, assesses the concepts of trade of Guarantees of Origin. The paper recommends to restrict trade and to introduce technology specification on the GoOs. Read more
Piebalgs: ‘Find compromise, not jeopardise national systems’
The European Commission is still investigating how to use a trading mechanism to fully profit from the renewable energy potential in Europe. “The biggest potential is in the new Member States, whereas the support there is limited”, said Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs last Friday. Read more
High level meeting heats up certificate trade discussion
Today, senior Commission officials and Director-Generals from national governments will discuss the upcoming Renewable Energy Directive. The sharing of targets will be an important topic, as well as the trade of certificates. This week, several renewable energy industry associations again expressed their opposition to mandatory trade. Read more
German voluntary green power market grows steadily
In 2006, more than 750,000 German households and 85,000 companies purchased green power from their suppliers. According to the third green power market overview by German energy magazine Energie & Management (E&M), the market is steadily growing. Read more
The hidden costs of climate change
The true economic impact of climate change is fraught with 'hidden' costs, concluded the research conducted by CIER, the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research. Read more
In Brief
- US Power producer pays for historic and future pollutants
- Mind the gaps in European environmental policies
- IEA solutions for the ‘Principal-Agent’ problem
- EWEA: wind energy could cover 15% of EU power demand by 2020
- UK’s reform of the environmental permit
- NGO criticises UK’s Pre-Budget Report
- Climate policy changes in Australia ...
- ... And climate policy changes in the US
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