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/ 8 November 2011
The Chamber of Mines and Sasol have expressed reservations about SA’s main climate policy paper, with industry reduction targets a key concern.
Australia unveiled plans on Sunday to slap a carbon tax of A$23 a tonne on its 500 worst polluters from 2012.
All of us in the green movement are lost before the planet’s real nightmare: not too little fossil fuel — but too much.
Shale gas, an energy source carries a greater carbon footprint than oil, coal and conventional gas over at least a 20-year period.
The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in SA as the coal-dependent country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks.
China has issued new targets to curb carbon output and improve efficiency in using energy and water, state media reported on Monday.
China’s plan for the next five years will put a hard target on energy use, capping consumption at four billion tonnes of coal equivalent by 2015.
Continuing expansion in China has offset the reduction in carbon emissions in recession hit Western countries.
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/ 15 December 2010
South Africa is likely to phase-in a carbon tax on fossil fuel inputs as part of new measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions.
Drop in rich countries’ emissions caused by recession in 2009 was nullified by steep increases from China and India.
A group of developing countries said on Sunday a legally binding global agreement to limit climate change should be completed by 2011 at the latest.
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/ 6 November 2009
The EU has offered to cut its emissions by 20% by 2020, but will commit to 30% if other countries do so. Japan’s offer is 25%.
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/ 6 November 2009
The National Business Initiative has found there is limited evidence of climate adaptation strategies,
writes Yolandi Groenewald.
New predictions of global warming outstrip
earlier worst-case scenarios, reports David Adam.
South African companies are falling short when it comes to responsible environmental reporting, a new study has found.
With a green tax looming Sukasha Singh reports on how much carbon emissions labelling tells us about a car’s green credentials.
There is, at least, one green super skyscraper
in China’s new concrete jungle.
At the UN Climate Change Convention talks held in Bonn recently 192 countries met to discuss long-term cooperative action to address climate change.
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/ 3 February 2009
Private cars are thought to account for about a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions in America.
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/ 13 December 2008
A UN conference made progress on Friday towards agreeing a fund to help poor nations cope with the impacts of climate change.
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/ 12 December 2008
Environment minister Martinus van Schalkwyk got tough with countries holding up negotiations when he arrived at the UN climate change conference.
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/ 19 November 2008
A total of 59 of SA’s Top 100 companies have responded to South Africa’s Carbon Disclosure Project, Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
An Australian company has come up with a version of this free exchange, offering to replace your old lightbulbs with energy-efficient CFLs.
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/ 16 October 2008
The top 14 car-makers in the European market still had to cut emissions by 17% to reach the EU’s 2012 target of 130 grams a kilometre.
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/ 15 September 2008
Cabinet is backing a radical new tax policy to combat climate change, writes Kevin Davie.
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/ 2 September 2008
China accuses EU of offering South Africa sweet development deals for cutting carbon emissions.
Nigeria and South Africa are the main emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa, accounting for almost 90% of the emissions in the continent.
The response of the big developing countries showed, however, that the verbal gymnastics were not entirely convincing.
It has long been the holy grail for those who believe that technology can save us from catastrophic climate change: a device that can ”suck” carbon dioxide from the air.