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British Prime Minister Urged to Support Cleantech
Environmental campaigners have been rallying David Cameron to defend renewable energy. The British Prime Minister has been told he must do more to reign in the Treasury, after a series of setbacks on green power initiatives. Nearly 200 green businesses signed a letter to Cameron, which was drafted by the Renewable Energy Association. It called [...]
Will Tesla Motors Change the World?
It’s a little bit mind-boggling to think that only a century ago, cars were just starting to become available to the average man. Fast forward to today and almost everyone in the modern world has a vehicle, if not two. Cars have become one of the most ubiquitous and important pieces of technology that we [...]
World’s Top 10 Clean Energy Creators
With Rio 20+, the latest United Nations organized Earth Summit, less than a week away, the Natural Resources Defense Council has released a scorecard ranking the G20 nations and their commitment to clean energy development. It comes as no surprise that G20 countries lead the world in renewable energy investment. Since 2004, investment in clean [...]
The G20 and the Transition to a Greener Economy
The G20 has a pivotal role to play in support of the development of amore sustainable economy. This entails sustainable green growth poweredby clean technologies and respect for nature’s biodiversity. Already some international efforts are underway. The World Bank, in partnership with organizations including UNEP, will be assisting developingcountries with national, green accounts. But there [...]
Greenpeace’s G20 Checklist
Greenpeace International was hoping that the G20 leaders meeting inSeoul, South Korea would honor the promises they made a year ago ontaking climate action, cutting fossil fuel subsidies and helping theworld to kick-start a green economy. In a recent statement,Patricia Lerner, Greenpeace International Senior Political Adviser said, ‘This G20 (meeting) is supposed to give a [...]
UN Hopeful about G20 Climate Finance
The Seoul G20 summit ended on 12 November, 2010. On November 9, AchimSteiner, the UN Undersecretary General and Executive Director of UNEP,wrote about the important role the G-20 can play ‘embedding afundamental transition to a more sustainable global economy that looksbeyond the current, narrow definition of wealth and GDP.’ TheG-20 has acted to stabilize banks [...]
Canadians Disappointed with Conservative’s Lack of leadership at the Toronto G20 Summit
According to recent poll results, 78 percent ofCanadians wanted Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to use theG8 and G20 summits ”to signal that Canada wants to be a leader in theglobal fight against climate change.” Two thirds of Canadianswanted the Harper government to show leadership at the G8 and G20summits. The same number wanted to [...]
G20 Summit in Toronto Ends with Mixed Results
The G20 summit in Toronto ended with a general agreement on bankcapitalization and recycled statements about the green economy andputting an end to fossil fuel subsidies. Leaders of the world’slargest economies did manage to adopt new rules that will force banks to hold significantly more capital. However, countries unable to meet theoriginal deadline of late [...]
G20 Must Cooperate for a Sustainable Recovery
Although the global financial crisis revealed the interconnectedness ofthe modern economy, it also underscored the importance of internationalcooperation. The G20 is the best international body to address theseissues. The Toronto G20 meeting was billed as a final checkup toensure agreements reached in Pittsburgh would be finalized at a November gathering in Korea, where leaders would [...]