September 25th, 2009 The pace and scale of climate change may now be outstripping even the most sobering predictions of the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC). An analysis of the very latest, peer-reviewed science indicates that many predictions at the upper end of the IPCC’s forecasts are becoming ever more likely. Meanwhile, the [...]
September 25th, 2009 The Asian economies of China and the Republic of Korea are emerging as global leaders in their commitments to invest significant slices of their stimulus packages in environmental, ‘green new deal’ projects. A Global Green New Deal update by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), launched as G20 nations meet in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, shows that over [...]
September 24th, 2009 Wind Power Turkey and Southeast Europe is the official event of the Turkish Wind Energy Association. The event will bring together key players in the wind industry, who are driving the development of wind power generation in Turkey and Southeast Europe. The event will have a case study led agenda of presentations, panels and Q&A, [...]
September 13th, 2009 The European Energy Association states that ‘the global theoretical potential of ocean energy has been estimated over 100.000 TWh/year (as a reference, the world’s electricity consumption is around 16.000 TWh/year). The global technical resource exploitable with today technology is estimated to be in the order of 45.000 TWh/year for wave energy; tidal current energy is [...]
September 3rd, 2009 The crucial Copenhagen talks are upon us. Time is running out and the stakes are high. If, for some reason, delegates fail to agree on a post-2012 climate regime, the whole world, not just Africa, will have to face stark consequences. Dr. Youbi Sokona, Executive Secretary of the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) – The [...]
June 23rd, 2008 The Nature Conservancy and Harvard University recently released a new study examining the effect of staggering urban growth on nature and people that finds we must improve urban planning now. “As a species we have lived in wild nature for hundreds of thousands of years, and now suddenly most of us live in cities—the ultimate [...]
