STERN REPORT: 2C GOAL MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK
Carbon reduction targets pledged as part of international climate negotiations may be sufficient
to put the world on a path that gives a reasonable chance of limiting global temperature rise below
two degrees Celsius, a new report has found.
U.N. CLIMATE CHIEF DEFENDS FINDINGS AFTER EMAILS
The head of the U.N.’s panel of climate scientists on Monday strongly defended findings that humans
are warming the planet, after critics said that leaked emails from a British university had undermined
evidence.
U.N. CLIMATE TALKS TO SEEK DEEP CO2 CUTS, AID
The biggest climate meeting in history, with 15,000 participants from 192 nations, begins in Copenhagen
on Monday seeking to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions and raise billions of dollars for the poor
in aid and clean technology.
POORER NATIONS TARGET MID-2010 CLIMATE DEAL
China, Brazil, South Africa and India want a global climate treaty wrapped up by June 2010, according to a
joint draft document prepared for the Copenhagen climate summit which opened on Monday.
EPA CLEARED TO REGULATE U.S. EMISSIONS AS CONGRESS STALLS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday cleared the way for regulation of greenhouse gases
without new laws passed by Congress, reflecting President Barack Obama’s commitment to act on climate
change as a major summit opened in Copenhagen.
REACTION TO EPA’S CLIMATE CHANGE DECLARATION
Business groups reacted with alarm and environmentalists with applause to the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s formal declaration Monday that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, clearing the way
for federal regulation.
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COP 15 SIDE EVENTS
10 DECEMBER 2009, COP 15 SIDE EVENT “TERRITORIAL APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE”
Co-organised by: ADEME – French Agency for Environment and Energy Management and UNDP
– United Nations Development Programme
11 DECEMBER 2009: COP 15 SIDE EVENT ON BUILDINGS! – CONSTRUCTION COUNTS FOR CLIMATE.
Hosted by the Ministry of Environment of Finland and the Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable
Buildings and Construction, and organised in co-operation with UNEP-SBCI, UNEP-FI and Ademe.
16 DECEMBER 2009: COP 15 SIDE EVENT “ENERGY ACCESS AND POVERT ALLEVIATION:
REDUCING VULNERABILITIES AND INCREASING RESILIENCE”
Co-organised by: HELIO International and Fondacion Barlioche (representing GNSED)
16 DECEMBER 2009: COP 15 SIDE EVENT: MOBILISING CITIZENS: REGIONS AND CITIES WORKING
TOGETHER FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION.
Organised by the European Union in partnership.
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ECEEE REPORTS
NEW REPORT- SUCCESSFUL EPC SCHEMES IN TWO MEMBER STATES: AN ECEEE CASE STUDY
STEERING THROUGH THE MAZE #2. YOUR GUIDE TO ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS
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FROM THE ECEEE CALENDAR
DEADLINE 31 DECEMBER, 2009 – CALL FOR PAPERS: ICLEI RESILIENT CITIES 2010
DEADLINE 15 JANUARY, 2009 – CALL FOR PAPERS: MODERN POWER SYSTEMS – MPS2010.