An India-led global coalition of nations with substantial solar energy resources has announced grand plans to raise financial resources to expedite development in the solar power sector. A high-ranking official of the Indian Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) recently stated that the International Solar Alliance (ISA) aims to … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. The Guardian‘s headlines say it all: “Biggest Polluters Back Tougher Warming Target.” The United States, China, and Canada have now joined the push for a 1.5 degree ceiling at COP21 in Paris. AOSIS Targets This initiative started with the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), … [continued]
From our correspondent on the spot, Jessica Langerman: The other night, over twenty Citizens Climate Lobby volunteers crammed into a small Paris apartment to absorb the extraordinary news of the day: President François Hollande of France had joined other heads of state as well as World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim … [continued]
It was time for the world’s heads of state to have their say on the climate change problems and opportunities. They have now done so at COP21. Presidents and prime ministers of nearly 150 nations — an unprecedented 75% — converged in Paris on Monday at the climate summit to … [continued]
An unprecedented alliance of heads of state, city, and state leaders, has called for countries and companies around the world to put a price on carbon. The call comes by way of the Carbon Pricing Panel, a group of leaders from around the world convened by World Bank Group President Jim … [continued]
Over 2,000 global business leaders, political leaders, and senior climate negotiators at the Business & Climate Summit pledged this week to lead a global transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. The main question is “who will lead?” Policymakers call for business leadership, and business leaders call for well-founded policy. The … [continued]
During Modi’s recent visit to Paris, India and France signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in the fields of solar and other renewable energies. The memorandum was signed between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and France’s Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. France is eyeing major cooperation with … [continued]
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Emily Atkin. The French Parliament on Thursday adopted a budget for 2014 which includes a tax on carbon emissions from gas, heating oil and coal, according to a report in Platts. The money derived from the tax — which largely targets transport fuels and domestic heating — will … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy (image added). By Sophie Vorrath. France has unveiled plans to use a levy on nuclear energy, as well as a tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels, to help finance the country’s billion-dollar “energy transition” to a power mix based on renewables and energy efficiency. Bloomberg reports that … [continued]
The 6th Annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES) and first ever Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) just wrapped up. With approximately 30,000 participants from 150 countries attending ADSW, including a couple of us from CleanTechnica, the event brought in world leaders of all sorts — queens, princes, presidents, other top policymakers, … [continued]
