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November 16, 2017 11:47 AM
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MEPs warn the Commission against overregulation and instead to focus on ‘enablement’ of the new technology.
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November 16, 2017 11:34 AM
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Eight million tonnes of plastic leaks into the oceans and seas per year, resulting in the reduction of at least 600 species, 15% of which are endangered, at a cost of $80 million to European fishermen. However, there is a way out and it can be found in the past, according to the son of the great ocean explorer, Pierre Yves Cousteau.
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November 16, 2017 11:25 AM
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The pace of energy renovations must be urgently stepped up with a focus on delivery on the ground if the Paris agreement’s climate goals are to be met, the International Energy Agency has said, as the COP23 summit prepares to open in Bonn. And the best way of doing that, might just be an aggregation mechanism that bundles diffuse projects for investors.
Renovations will be pivotal to the success of the Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 2C. Buildings account for a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions, and are among the cheapest mitigation options. Their renovation also produces immediate results.
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November 16, 2017 11:20 AM
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Iddri - Climate Strategies, 2017. 12 p.
The issue of coal transitions is coming into focus in both national and international climate policy discussions. There are several drivers of this. At one level, the Paris Agreement marked a significant shift in the pace, scope and ambition of global climate change mitigation action. Consequently, it is now clear that coal will need to play a more and more diminished role in the global energy mix in the coming decades, despite carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
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November 16, 2017 11:14 AM
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"Getting the measure of fuel poverty - Final Report of the Fuel Poverty Review
This report, commissioned by the UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), presents the final conclusions of the fuel poverty and its measurement review. It follows the interim report published in October 2011 and the main part of this analysis examines “The implications of measurement for the way we understand the effectiveness of the range of policy approaches to reducing fuel poverty.”
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November 16, 2017 11:12 AM
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With the new Horizon 2020 Work Programme, which was announced on 27 October 2017, the European Commission aims for a greater impact of research funding by focusing on concrete critical topics such as climate, clean energy, digital economy, security, and migration. During its last three years, Horizon 2020 will also be more geared towards boosting breakthroughs and market-creating innovation, with an emphasis on better dissemination of results and a focus on open access to data. This overview article provides a brief presentation of the new work programme and its provisions on energy matters, as well as the forthcoming building-related calls.
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November 16, 2017 11:07 AM
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The former coal-mining city now features a 23-hectare public park, high water quality and city centre traffic restrictions. “Probably we had a more difficult task than other cities,” adds Sinn.
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November 16, 2017 10:58 AM
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Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas announced the results, saying: “Cities are not defined by their size and population, but by the breadth of their vision and the power bestowed upon their citizens. Some cities are not afraid to experiment. They are not afraid to involve their citizens in developing and testing out new ideas. These are the cities that empower their citizens. Today we are here to acknowledge these cities.”
Over the last decade, Paris has built more than 100,000 square metres of incubators and now hosts the world’s largest start-up campus. In addition, the city spends 5% of its budget on projects proposed and implemented by citizens.
Thanks to this strategy, citizens and innovators from the private, non-profit and academic sectors have made Paris a true ‘FabCity’.
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November 16, 2017 10:17 AM
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Le département est l'un des pionniers du « circuit court énergétique ».
Tout est parti d’ici, ou presque. Dans le berceau de l’énergie solaire où la prémonition d’un brillant ingénieu
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November 14, 2017 9:39 AM
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Mayors from 25 cities around the world, representing 150 million citizens, pledged on Sunday (12 November) to cut their carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, while boosting efforts to become more resilient to extreme weather and other pressures linked to climate change.
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November 14, 2017 9:34 AM
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A week after the start of COP23, which is taking place until November 17 in Bonn, the thorniest issue has come to the fore during the day dedicated to climate finance. EURACTIV France reports.
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November 14, 2017 9:28 AM
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John Gibbons: With political agreement making slow progress and direct action becoming more dangerous, we must find alternatives
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November 13, 2017 8:39 AM
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When leaders from around the world came together in 2015 to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement, it marked the first time this century that the global community, in unison, decided to act on the imm…
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November 16, 2017 11:46 AM
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World needs to ‘gear up’ for natural resource ‘paradigm shift’ say Friends of the Earth Europe campaigners.
Right now, “Raw Materials Week 2017” is taking place in Brussels. Raw materials, such as metals, minerals, and forest-based materials are increasingly important to the EU's economy.
They are indispensable for the existence of some strategic sectors, such as automotive and information technology. But they are also crucial for the desired transition to a low carbon economy, the needed shift to renewable energy.
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November 16, 2017 11:31 AM
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Illegal pollution from coal power plants is an issue all over Europe – the latest plants facing legal action are in Greece. It’s time for all of Europe’s governments to move beyond the dirtiest source of energy, insists Eleni Diamantopoulou.
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November 16, 2017 11:23 AM
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These case studies and this report were developed as part of a broader project led by IDDRI and Climate Strategies, entitled 'Coal Transitions: Research and Dialogue on the Future of Coal'. This project seeks to utilise these historical lessons to facilitate the development of feasible coal transition scenarios in large coal producing countries today".
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November 16, 2017 11:16 AM
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Energy efficient mortgages could play a central role in Europe’s new strategy for sustainable finance, states a White Paper published on 26 October 2017 under the EU funded ‘Energy Efficient Mortgages Action Plan’ (EeMAP) Initiative - which sets out key recommendations towards the creation of an energy efficient mortgage product for Europe.
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November 16, 2017 11:14 AM
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What the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Union will look like after March 2019 remains murky. We know that, after Brexit, British policymakers will no longer sit at the same table with their counterparts to debate the grand principles and fine print of policies that affect the world's largest market.
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November 16, 2017 11:09 AM
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The Netherlands work hard to maintain its ingenious network of dikes, barriers and sluices under the increasing pressure of climate change
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November 16, 2017 11:02 AM
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The global energy scene is in a state of flux. Large-scale shifts include the rapid deployment and steep declines in the costs of major renewable energy technologies; the growing importance of electricity in energy use across the globe; profound changes in China’s economy and energy policy, moving consumption away from coal; and the continued surge in shale gas and tight oil production in the United States.
These changes provide the backdrop for the World Energy Outlook-2017, which includes a full update of energy demand and supply projections to 2040 based on different scenarios. The projections are accompanied by detailed analyses of their impact on energy industries and investment, as well as implications for energy security and the environment.
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November 16, 2017 10:18 AM
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La blockchain et les smart grids peuvent permettre une gestion plus efficace de l’électricité consommée avec l’archivage et le traçage en temps réel des transactions.
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November 15, 2017 3:54 AM
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A small but increasing number of cities have implemented congestion schemes and charges, including London, Milan, Singapore and Stockholm. What can we learn from Sweden’s second-largest city?
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November 14, 2017 9:35 AM
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It may sound fanciful, but researchers say a world running on 100 per cent renewable electricity is attainable by mid-century, or even earlier.
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November 14, 2017 9:29 AM
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French and German NGOs have asked Brune Poirson and Jochen Flasbarth – state secretaries for the environment in France and Germany, respectively - to make the tandem “the engine of an ambitious European climate policy.”
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November 14, 2017 9:11 AM
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