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Meanwhile, the same workshop saw the launch of the Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database, a global one-stop shop for buildings energy efficiency policies. Through BEEP, policymakers, researchers and other stakeholders will have access to policies being implemented, including on: building energy codes, building energy labels, and incentives schemes for capacity building, technical assistance and raising awareness. So far, the database includes information from all IEA member countries as well as China, India, Tunisia, South Africa and Russia. All countries are welcome to submit information on their buildings energy efficiency policies to be included in the database.
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Gathering in London for the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), energy ministers, and secretaries, from 23 governments around the world joined UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon’s Sustainable Energy for All program (SE4All) in committing to promote improved energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies and increased energy access around the world.
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Britain and the U.S. said they’d fund work on offshore wind generation technologies that work in waters as much as 500 feet deep, a measure aimed at opening vast new areas of ocean to development.
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"We must launch renewable energy operations as soon as possible," Softbank President and CEO Masayoshi Son said last month in a speech to a global symposium on natural energy.
Softbank's green energy plans extend far beyond Japan's shores. Son is proposing a so-called Asia Supergrid that would link Japan's power grid with those of other nations, including China, South Korea, India, Singapore and the Philippines. -
Washington, DC - The United States and the People’s Republic of China held the 8th Joint Working Group Meeting of the U.S.-China Ten Year Framework (TYF) for Energy and Environment Cooperation April 9-10 in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs, co-chaired the meetings on behalf of the United States. Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang from the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission led the Chinese delegation. The two sides assessed ongoing collaboration and exchanged views on emerging issues, including low-carbon sustainable communities. -
PULLMAN, Wash. - With a long history and national reputation in power engineering and collaborative, interdisciplinary research, Washington State University has established the Energy Systems Innovation Center (ESIC). It will take a leading role in addressing one of the greatest technological challenges of the 21st century - demand for clean and reliable energy.
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China and India decided to intensify counter-terror co-operation and collaboration on a host of global issues including the international financial crisis and climate change.
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China-UK Scenario Analysis Technology for River Basin Flood Risk Management in the Taihu Basin (2006-2009)
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The Sino-Danish Renewable Energy Development Programme (RED) is a five-year programme (2009-2013), jointly developed by the Chinese and Danish governments. It is aimed at institutional capacity building and technology innovation for renewable energy development. The agreement between the governments of the People’s Republic of China and of the Kingdom of Demark regarding Renewable Energy Development (RED) was signed by the Ministry of Commerce, P.R. China, and the Royal Embassy of Demark on December 2008. The funding by the Danish government totals 100 million Danish Kroner (equivalent to about 130 million RMB). The National Energy Administration, P. R. China, is the national executing agency.
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WAM Abu Dhabi, Jan 17th, 2012 (WAM) -- Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE's Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change and Chief Executive of Masdar, has said that China and UAE share common challenges as fast-growing economies still dependent on traditional energy resources.
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China's climate negotiators fired off a pre-emptive volley on Wednesday, with the most detailed report to date on the progress the country has made to ease greenhouse gases, and the strategy it will adopt at next week's climate talks in Durban.
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In the face of Climate Change, there is urgent need for Himalayan nations to build resilience to buffer the impacts of Climate Change and generate resources for adaptation, capacity building, and technology transfer. Such actions can no longer wait for a global agreement.
In the Himalayas where the impacts of global climate are manifesting at a rapid pace, the time for action is running out.
Recognizing this, the Governments of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India have agreed to convene the Bhutan 2011 Climate Summit to:
Adopt and endorse a 10-year road map for adaptation to climate change in the Eastern Himalaya's sub-region for ensuring food, water and energy security while maintaining biodiversity and eco-system services.
Secure pledges from partner countries, institutions and individuals to fund and collaborate in the implementation of the road map.
Create and operationalize regional expert groups to advice Governments in implementing the road maps and addressing emerging challenges.
Four key themes will be addressed during the Summit:
Ensuring food security and livelihoods.
Securing the natural fresh water systems of the Himalayas.
Securing biodiversity and ensuring its sustainable use.
Ensuring energy security and enhancing alternative technologies. -
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol, will be held in the sunny city of Durban, South Africa.
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Nations are doing it for themselves. In the absence of a global agreement, four of the seven countries bordering the Himalayas have agreed to work together to deal with the harmful effects that climate change is expected to bring to the region.
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All four countries rely on melt water from Himalayan glaciers. Recent temperature, rainfall and snow projections suggest flow into the Indus river – which supports the world's largest irrigation system – will fall by 8 per cent by 2050. Other rivers in the region will see even greater declines, leaving millions vulnerable to drought (Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1183188).
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Half-truths, fear and suspicion fuel the debate over south Asia’s shared waters. But journalists can help open up the conversation, writes Beth Walker, cheered by a media workshop in Kathmandu.
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China..plans outbound investment strategies in the clean energy area that amount to $1.54 trillion during the next 15 years.
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Air China, Boeing, and Chinese and U.S. aviation energy partners conducted China's first sustainable biofuel flight. The two-hour mainland flight from Beijing Capital International Airport was witnessed by officials from both countries and highlights the viability of using sustainable aviation biofuel sourced in China.
"Through our collaborative efforts with China we have found an incredible partner and place where national capability, innovation and technology come together in a remarkable way," said Boeing China President Marc Allen. "This historic flight illustrates exactly how bilateral collaboration can help address environmental challenges, and we commend the Chinese for their leadership in helping to develop sustainable aviation solutions." -
Hamburg: Collaboration between India and Germany, especially in wind energy sector, is the way forward to achieve a win-win situation for both the countries, a top Indian diplomat here has said.
The two countries discussed the possibility of cooperation in wind energy sector and water purification plants during the recently concluded India Week in Hamburg. -
"Based on the current situation we have projected changes in the sea level 500 years into the future," says Aslak Grinsted, a researcher at the Centre for Ice and Climate, the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen. His group forms part of a team that has calculated the long-term outlook for rising sea levels in relations to the emission of greenhouse gases and pollution of the atmosphere.
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