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New Zealand on track to meet Kyoto commitments
2013-04-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voxy: Climate Change Minister Tim Groser today welcomed New Zealands Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Net Position which show we are on track to meet our Kyoto commitments. The Greenhouse Gas Inventory provides a historical snapshot of New Zealands greenhouse gas emissions, while the Net Position forecasts by how much New Zealands emissions will be above or below our Kyoto Protocol target. "It is encouraging to see that current projections show that New Zealand will have a surplus of 29.6 million emission...
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Ghost of Kyoto Protocol haunts Russia's energy plans
2013-03-15 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: The Russian government has recently endorsed a draft state program for energy efficiency and energy sector development that lists part of the Kyoto Protocol as a major source of funding, months after leaving the UN emissions cutting process. In what looks like a textbook example of Russia`s climate policy schizophrenia, it has listed a $4.6bn contribution from Joint Implementation (JI), a financial mechanism of the UNs Kyoto Protocol (KP), which Russia left during the climate talks in Doha last...
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Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2011
2013-02-12 10:26:42| Springer Environmental Sciences titles
Special Edition of Jointed Symposium of Kyoto University Global COE "Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming" and Ajou University BK21series:Green Energy and TechnologyThe nuclear plant accident at Fukushima in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami has had a major impact on the energy strategy of Japan and the world. From a global perspective, approach to energy is of greater and greater consequence. The Global Center of Excellence (COE) Program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, with the support ...
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Russian row over Kyoto extension rumbles on
2013-01-28 12:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A row over the extension of the Kyoto Protocol looks set to rumble on, after a group of former Soviet Bloc countries confirmed last week that they will take action against a controversial clause that would effectively force them to reduce emissions. Officials from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan met in Minsk last week to discuss an amendment to the agreement finalised in Doha last year that extended the Kyoto Protocol. The amendment requires all countries covered by the treaty who are...
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4 Japanese companies agree to provide free use of EVs and energy supply devices to government of Kyoto Prefecture in disasters
2013-01-15 10:30:23| Green Car Congress
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