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July 25, 2017 2:26 AM
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Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille, has committed to divest from fossil fuels!
“I am taking this a step further and I have informed our Finance Directorate that we are going to divest from fossil fuel assets and companies in favour of greener and cleaner investments which are in line with our vision of a sustainable future.
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July 24, 2017 10:44 AM
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Et si ce que nous disent les médias sur le déclin des services publics était faux ? C’est ce que révèle un rapport de l’Observatoire des multinationales, l’association qui surveille le CAC 40, non pour jouer en bourse, mais pour en mesurer l’impact écologique et social. La volonté de mettre fin aux abus des opérateurs privés ou à des atteintes aux droits des travailleurs, le souhait de reprendre le contrôle de l’économie et des ressources locales, le désir de fournir un service abordable aux citoyens, ou encore l’aspiration à mettre en œuvre des stratégies ambitieuses de transition énergétique seraient les raisons de réappropriation par les municipalités des services à leurs concitoyens. Ou comment villes et citoyens tentent, malgré l’austérité, d’inventer les services publics de l’avenir.
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July 18, 2017 10:54 AM
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Our presenters will lead on how to promote energy democracy and provide inspiring case studies from across the country of local communities taking charge
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July 18, 2017 10:43 AM
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L’association Financement Participatif France, représentante des plateformes de financement participatif françaises, a coordonné la création d’un Guide du financement participatif pour le développement des territoires.
I4CE a rédigé les parties portant sur les projets de transition énergétique financés sur le mode participatif
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July 17, 2017 5:08 AM
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What if local energy efficiency projects could be financed by EU citizens? This video shows the feasibility and success of cooperative models as innovative financing models at local level for energy efficiency. Already 1 Million citizens joined the cooperative model in Europe.
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July 17, 2017 5:01 AM
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The Shift Project applaudit l’ambition du Plan Climat présenté le 6 juillet par Nicolas Hulot, ministre de la transition écologique et solidaire. Viser dès aujourd’hui, de façon concrète, l’objectif de neutralité carbone à l’horizon 2050, peut permettre à la France d’ouvrir la voie de la prochaine révolution industrielle et sociétale : la construction du monde à +2°C. Une nécessité affirmée avec force par Emmanuel Macron dans sa réponse au « Manifeste pour décarboner l’Europe », publié par le Shift durant la campagne présidentielle.
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July 17, 2017 4:09 AM
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The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group, for one, has been doing what it can to help ensure there is adequate financing for energy efficiency, working with financial institutions and all other relevant stakeholders. SUSI Partners have been an active member of the group. It is encouraging to see on the Environmental Finance website that SUSI…
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July 17, 2017 3:39 AM
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A group of financial experts has set out their vision for hardwiring sustainability goals into the European Union’s financial system, calling on 28-country bloc to stop pouring public money into polluting fossil fuels and focus spending on clean energies instead.
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July 17, 2017 3:36 AM
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Towards the end of last month, I was contacted by a senior official from another European country. Papers were being prepared for the International Energy Agency ministerial meeting on energy efficiency, held in Paris on June 30. A query was raised concerning some UK statistics I had featured in a column for Energy in Buildings & Industry.
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July 17, 2017 3:23 AM
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We have heard so much recently about the policy “chaos” in Washington DC with concerns about the United States pulling out of the Paris climate agreement and planning to seriously dismantle many important federal policies and programmes related to energy efficiency. Undoubtedly we should be concerned.
In Europe we are going through the process of approving the Commission’s proposed clean energy package with many directives being revised and with many non-legislative initiatives proposed.
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July 13, 2017 5:36 AM
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Straßburg/Heidelberg - Am Donnerstag sprach OB Dr. Eckart Würzner vor dem EU-Parlament über die Möglichkeiten für Kommunen, sich in Sachen Klimaschutz einzusetzen.
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July 13, 2017 5:30 AM
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OB Prof. Dr. Würzner sprach im EU-Parlament über die Rolle der Kommunen in der Klimaschutzpolitik
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July 13, 2017 3:41 AM
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La montée des injustices environnementales redouble les inégalités économiques. La meilleure réponse à y apporter consiste à approfondir la démocratie. Entretien avec la philosophe Catherine Larrère
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July 24, 2017 10:45 AM
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When the United States pulled itself out of its commitment to the Paris climate accord, corporations, non-profits, towns, and cities reminded everyone that their commitments to cleaner energy still stood. Many towns and cities have even signed on to go 100 percent renewable, including big names like San Francisco and Chicago, as well smaller towns …
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July 24, 2017 9:32 AM
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Thirty-five councils pledge to switch renewable energy, maximise public transport use and develop more climate-resilient communities
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July 18, 2017 10:48 AM
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Au Bangladesh, le gouvernement et la population subissent déjà, de plein fouet, le réchauffement de la planète. Mais l’inventivité et la résilience dont fait preuve ce pays pourraient servir d’exemples à de nombreux autres États pour les années à venir.
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July 18, 2017 3:42 AM
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What is a Good Society? For us this includes social justice, environmental sustainability, an innovative and successful economy and an active participatory democracy. The Good Society is supported by the fundamental values of freedom, justice and solidarity. We need new ideas and concepts to ensure that the Good Society will become reality. For these reasons the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is developing specific policy recommendations for the coming years.
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July 17, 2017 5:06 AM
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The fast development of crowdfunding in Europe has attracted the interest of the European Commission and the European Parliament in this relatively new form of financing. In this context of market and policy transformation, the CrowdFundRES project has identified and discussed the main challenges and issues for the development of crowdfunding of renewable energy projects … Continue reading Policy recommendations on regulatory and market framework improvements for crowdfunding RES projects
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July 17, 2017 4:10 AM
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L'établissement public qui, depuis 2010, a repris en main la distribution de l'eau aux Parisiens, a montré qu'il savait "concilier performance économique, sociale et écologique", estime Benjamin Gestin, qui le dirige depuis décembre. La régie investit aussi dans son avenir: il s'agit d'une part, de l'entretien du réseau et d'un étonnant patrimoine conçu au 19e siècle par des visionnaires; et d'autre part, de l'intégration des nouvelles technologies avec la numérisation (télé-relève...) et l'innovation dans les traitements d'assainissement de l'eau - un défi permanent face aux nouvelles pollutions.
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July 17, 2017 4:05 AM
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Nick Michell spoke to Mercedes Vidal Lago, Councillor for Mobility in Barcelona, about the city’s plans to reduce car journeys and encourage increased walking and cycling How much of a problem is air pollution in Barcelona in relation to motorised-vehicles? Today Barcelona clearly exceeds the thresholds recommended by the World Health Organization both for nitrogen dioxide …
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July 17, 2017 3:38 AM
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Germany and France should forge an energy transition alliance – this is the key conclusion of a call to action by three think tanks published shortly before the French-German summit in Paris on July 13. The Institut de developpement durable et des relations internationales (or IDDRI, in Paris), together with Agora Energiewende and Agora Verkehrswende (both in Berlin), argue that France and Germany share the same climate goals, face similar challenges, and that an alliance for a clean-energy transition could “be at the core of a joint initiative for reviving European integration.”
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July 17, 2017 3:24 AM
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The EU has set a long-term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050. But getting there will be a huge challenge that will require a transformation of our energy system.
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July 13, 2017 6:08 AM
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Germany has officialy its first Blockchain lobby group called the Blockchain Bundesverband, and this took place at the German parliamentary building, in Berlin on Thursday. https://twitter.com/feindura/status/880395927936278528 “Blockchain will be the basic technology for the next innovation stage of the Internet, and Germany has a chance to put itself at the forefront of the world through pioneering…
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July 13, 2017 5:32 AM
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Die Rolle der Kommunen in der Klimaschutzpolitik ist wichtig
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July 13, 2017 5:10 AM
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Introduction Recent French and German incentives schemes to engage citizen in the roll-out of renewables demonstrate two things. Firstly, there is a real move towards greater financial involvement of citizen. Secondly, there is no common approach across EU Member States. French r/evolution Beginning this year France put a novel incentive scheme in place. Renewable producer … Continue reading Incentive schemes for citizen: Will the French energy r/evolution inspire the rest of Europe?
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