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European transport sector must be ambitious to meet targets, says the EEA

A report presented by the European Environment Agency (EEA) last week finds that emissions of most pollutants from transport fell in 2009. However, there is still a long way to go for achieving sufficient cuts in a sector which is still largely contributing to global warming...

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European Climate Foundation launches its ´Power Perspective 2030´ report

Building on its ´Roadmap`2050´ study that it presented last year, the European Climate Foundation (ECF) presented a new report which describes the challenges and potential solutions facing us by 2030 on the way to a fully decarbonised European power sector...

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UN´s climate chief Christiana Figueres welcomes "clear advances on key issues" at the Bonn meeting, and calls for high-level push to save the Kyoto Protocol

Speaking on 17 June at the final day of the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, the UN´s climate chief said that the negotiations had made "clear advances on key issues" and "were also identifying areas that will require high level political leadership" ahead of the Durban annual climate summit...

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UNEP chief Achim Steiner expresses fears of failure at the Durban Climate Summit in November

In an interview with Euractiv´s Arthur Neslen on 1 June, UNEP´s Executive Director Achim Steiner expressed fears of failure at this year´s international climate talks (COP17) in Durban, South Africa. Concerned by the slow pace of negotiations on the post-Kyoto period, Mr. Steiner stressed the urgency of reaching a global climate agreement by the end of the year...

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New report by the UN takes a clear stand in favour of a renewable-energy revolution

The UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which involves more than 120 scientists, economists and technology specialists, released a report analysing the broader economic, environmental and social issues at stake if we are to shift to a global renewable energy future...

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COP 16: GLOBE Forum at the Mexican Senate

COP15: Mexican President Felipe Calderón is presented GLOBE International Award by PM Gordon Brown and GLOBE Europe President Steen Gade MP

COP14: Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard receives the Road To Copenhagen 2008 Communiqué for Poznan from Steen Gade MP

 

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