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The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) today announced the launch of the new CDP Cities program, which will provide a system for cities worldwide to report on their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related strategies.

CDP Cities, in partnership with the C40 and the Clinton Climate initiative (CCI)*, has asked the largest cities in the world committed to tackling climate change – the 40 member cities and 19 affiliate member cities of the C40 – to voluntarily measure and report to CDP so the cities can proactively manage risks, reduce carbon and further adopt strategies that safeguard the future of cities. London, Toronto and New York have already agreed to report their carbon emissions data to CDP.

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Eurostar has decided to invest over one billion dollars for the acquisition of ten new green trains and for the refurbishment of their entire existing stock in order to create a fleet that operates with lowered carbon emissions and with greener systems as a whole. Eurostar is also doing this as a means of providing a low carbon alternative to flights connecting the countries Eurostar rails already service.

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if we capture our urine--like has been done in China (both recently and historically)--and use it as fertilizer instead of petro-chemicals we could be saving huge amounts of carbon emissions.
In fact, the video purports (I say 'purports' because it's not specified how the following figure is derived, though I have no immediate reason to doubt it) that we'd essentially offset half of all the world's airline carbon emissions, if urine collection for fertilizer was done widely.

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A new liability is coming onto the collective balance sheet of companies around the world: Carbon.In the context of increasing awareness of the business and societal risks of climate change, corporate carbon emissions (and the energy consumption that creates them) are becoming a crucial indicator of business performance. And a new type of software platform, enterprise carbon and energy management (ECEM), is emerging to enable companies to monitor, manage, and report corporate carbon emissions, as well as the energy consumption which is their principal source.

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Russia submitted for registration its first carbon emissions reduction project under a special United Nations procedure, a step that can signal “a substantial increase” of followers, the UN regulator said today.

The joint implementation project, created under a UN Kyoto Protocol mechanism, will be located at the Shaturskaya Thermal Power Plant near Moscow, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change said in a statement from Bonn today. The so-called JI projects generate tradeable emissions-reductions units that countries can use to meet their obligations to cut greenhouse gases under the UN climate-protection treaty.

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A new WDM/PLATFORM report released today finds that transforming the Royal Bank of Scotland into the Green Investment Bank would kick start the green energy revolution.  The research, by former Pricewaterhouse Coopers consultant, James Leaton, finds that it would bring 50,000 new green jobs a year, boost the UK economy, reduce the UK's carbon emissions and improve international competitiveness - whilst not increasing the budget deficit.

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In a new IEA report intended to inform and guide climate and energy policy decision makers, the Energy Technology Perspective 2010 demonstrates that the clean technology revolution will require an additional $46 trillion investment (beyond energy infrastructure investment expected in BAU scenarios) if we intend to halve carbon emissions by 2050 (from 2005 levels). And, the IEA adds, a carbon price alone will not be sufficient to drive that level of investment.

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Taiwan said Friday it would launch 50 low-carbon communities by 2012 as part of its effort to cut carbon emissions and become a leader in environmental protection.

Under the 10-year plan, by 2012, at least two districts in each city or county will be asked to cut carbon emissions by using wind or solar power, electric vehicles and energy-saving lighting and appliances

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Britain's biggest coal plant needs better renewable energy support to invest in new facilities to burn woodchips instead of coal and fully utilise its existing carbon cutting capability, the chief executive of Drax told Reuters on Friday.

Under Britain's existing renewable energy support scheme, called the Renewables Obligation (RO), the amount of renewable energy that can come from burning biomass instead of coal is capped in a system designed to push big multi-plant utilities to invest in other types of clean energy projects.

But Drax, which runs just one big plant -- the largest single source of carbon emissions in Britain -- has invested heavily in technology to use cleaner organic fuel -- called co-firing -- and wants the cap lifted.

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The European Union is unlikely to raise its commitment to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent from 20 percent until other countries show greater willingness to follow suit, ministers said on Saturday.

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A major research project into cow flatulence is being launched by McDonald's in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.

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"Despite an economic crisis dubbed the “great recession,” carbon emissions grew last year by two percent, to a total of 8.7 billions of carbon. Last year, every person in the world produced an average of 1.3 tons of carbon, according to a report by the Global Carbon Project. During 2000 to 2008, the growth rate of atmospheric carbon increased 1.9 parts per million (ppm) a year, up from 1.3 ppm during 1970 to 1979."

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"Despite an economic crisis dubbed the “great recession,” carbon emissions grew last year by two percent, to a total of 8.7 billions of carbon. Last year, every person in the world produced an average of 1.3 tons of carbon, according to a report by the Global Carbon Project. During 2000 to 2008, the growth rate of atmospheric carbon increased 1.9 parts per million (ppm) a year, up from 1.3 ppm during 1970 to 1979"

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"Despite the fact that deforestation is the second leading contributor of carbon emissions worldwide after the burning of fossil fuels, countries currently have few incentives for preserving their forests. However, deforestation is finally gaining attention in international discussions on climate change"

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"India may be softening its stance on the issue of carbon emission cuts, a move that could shake up the global dynamics ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit in December."

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Australia today announced a $100 million plan for the country’s first commercial-scale “smart” grid to deliver electricity.

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Even if carbon emissions were cut to zero immediately, sea levels would continue to rise through the coming centuries, scientists say. A likely projection is an increase of up to five meters over 300 years.

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Shipowners are backing a global carbon trading scheme that could add as much as €6 billion (£5.4 billion) in extra cost on to maritime transport and push weaker shipping companies out of business.

The proposals, announced yesterday by Britain’s Chamber of Shipping, would seek to bring the global shipping industry into a carbon trading net. The initiative, also backed by the national shipping associations of Australia, Belgium, Norway and Sweden, is intended to raise standards and stimulate technological development in an industry that has been widely criticised for its sluggishness in dealing with atmospheric pollution

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China's energy needs are expected to double by 2030, but a study in the journal Science says the country could produce 30% less CO2 if it uses wind power to meet them

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Australia has overtaken the United States as the country that produces more carbon dioxide per person than any other, the British risk assessment company Maplecroft Ltd said Friday. Canada, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia rounded out Maplecroft's list of the top five per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels.

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