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Renewables outpace nuclear in economies making up 45 percent of world population: Report
2015-07-16 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy besides hydro-electric dams now supply more electricity than nuclear in Japan, China, India and five other major economies accounting for about half the world's population, an atomic industry report shows. While nuclear stations on average produce about twice as much electricity as renewables annually for every kilowatt installed, the high growth of solar, wind and other renewables means atomic power is fast being eclipsed as nations turn away from...
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Infrastructure Investments in Emerging Economies Hit Record Levels but at What Cost?
2015-06-11 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: According to new data released by the World Bank Tuesday, investments in infrastructure in 139 emerging economies shot up to 107.5 billion dollars in 2014, with just five countries - Brazil, Colombia, India, Peru and Turkey - accounting for 73 percent of the total. The update, published by the Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) database, reveals that projects with private participation in the water, energy and transport sectors totaled 51.2 billion in the first half of 2014,...
Major Economies Falling Short on Emissions Target
2015-06-05 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: MAJOR industrialized economies are far off track in helping the world meet the UNs global warming target, a monitoring group said yesterday. Carbon pledges made by 31 economies members of the Group of Seven and the European Union mean that by 2030 they will contribute only 30 percent of the effort they should, it said. Further work is needed to ratchet up commitments, said a report of the Carbon Action Tracker initiative, issued on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Bonn. Just over six...
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Carbon pricing winning favour with tiger economies
2015-05-28 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: leading emerging nations are mulling making the polluter pay than ever before. China plans to launch the worlds largest emissions trading scheme (ETS) eclipsing the EU`s seminal practice next year. South Africa will make lawmakers vote on a carbon tax in 2016, while Chile has its own scheduled for 2017. While countries have lagged in slapping costs on the unregulated emitting of carbon dioxide, 15 more are poised to set up schemes. 2016 and 2017 is the year for carbon prices for major...
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To sustain climate adaptation, integrate it with local economies: experts
2015-04-30 12:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: To make development efforts more sustainable, businesses need incentives to invest in community-level climate change adaptation programs but resistance to creating those incentives is still strong, climate change specialists said this week in Nairobi. Some adaptation efforts steer clear of working with businesses, concerned that their aims might be compromised by a search for profit, the experts said at an international meeting on community-based adaptation to climate change. But other projects...
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