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Insurance giant warns tipping points in sight as world heads for 3C

The world is dangerously close to climatic "tipping points" that could result in catastrophic environmental, social and economic consequences, according to a major new study commissioned by the WWF and global insurance giant Allianz. The report from ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NASA

Medvedev toughens up Russia's 2020 emissions target

The chances of next month's Copenhagen summit ending in a meaningful international deal on climate change received a significant boost yesterday when Russia signalled it would increase its emission target for 2020. Officials confirmed that Russian ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission,  Dmitry Medvedev,  Ed Miliband,  Achim Steiner,  PG&E

Renewables industry hails end to planning red tape

The government's plans to exempt a large number of small-scale renewable energy technologies from planning permission should remove one of the major costs related to installation of onsite renewables and provide a boost to the industry, according to ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Healey

EU to extend energy labels to many new products

All products that can affect the use of energy, including windows, taps, and home insulation, are to carry energy use labels under reforms agreed yesterday between the EU and member states. The European Council of member states, the European Parliament ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Parliament,  Andris Piebalgs

Government moves to slash planning red tape for onsite renewables

Businesses, public sector bodies and home owners could soon find it significantly easier to install renewable energy devices on their buildings, under proposed government reforms that would see large numbers of low carbon technologies exempted from ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Healey

Met Office paints bleak climate picture for Europe

Climate change has the potential to devastate large areas of Europe over the next 90 years, resulting in falling food production, increased risks of heat stress and forest fires, and higher insurance premiums, according to a major new EU-backed study ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Met Office,  John Mitchell,  Dan Norris

Obama and Hu revive ailing Copenhagen talks

Just as environmentalists were preparing to administer the last rites to the chances of a meaningful deal being agreed at December's Copenhagen Summit, the US and China have today breathed new life into the flagging talks, signalling that they aim to ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hu Jintao,  Achim Steiner

Climate change funds continue to outperform conventional peers

Climate change funds are "consistently" outperforming the rest of the market, according to a new report from ethical finance advisory firm Holden & Partners. The company's Annual Guide to Climate Change Investment assessed the top performing climate ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FTSE,  Schroders

Do businesses really need Copenhagen?

With a wearying inevitability the world's leaders have spent much of the past fortnight desperately downgrading expectations ahead of the UN's Copenhagen climate change summit, for fear anyone might notice that having billed it as " the meeting to save ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  G-20,  Al Gore

Analysts call time on solar panel glut

The global solar energy industry received an early Christmas present last week, with the news that the end is in sight for the glut of solar panels that has dogged the market for much of 2009. According to a study from industry analyst iSuppli, higher ...

From JAMES MURRAY, VNUNet.com,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Debbie Stabenow,  U.S. Republican Party,  David Lee Camp,  Barack Obama

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