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Failure or success at COP15 will require the private sector to help guide the economy onto a sustainable path. On December 12, the Copenhagen Climate Council will bring together business leaders from around the world at Hamlet’s Kronborg Castle to help kick-start the low-carbon revolution. Related Reading: Norway opened on Tuesday the world’s first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane. Related Reading: Today, the California Air Resources Board unveiled a conceptual outline – a Preliminary Draft Regulation – of what will become a mandatory, multi-sector cap-and-trade program to take effect on January 1, 2012. Related Reading: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said the country may have to be more flexible over climate change talks after China unveiled its first firm targets to cut carbon emissions, a newspaper reported on Friday. Related Reading: The world’s top two greenhouse-gas-producing countries for the first time offered specific targets for controlling their emissions, but their broad promises ahead of a United Nations climate summit merely set the terms for a high-stakes struggle over money and future economic growth. Related Reading: Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found. Related Reading: China’s pledge on greenhouse gases means it would shoulder more than a quarter of the CO2 emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous global warming, a top economist said Thursday. Related Reading: Kenya plans to boost geothermal power generation to 4,000 megawatts by 2030 and the company responsible needs about $240 million annually to drill wells and harness steam, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Related Reading: |
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