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23 December 2011
Download the full Post-COP17 Briefing, which marks the end of Damian Ryan's coverage of COP17 in Durban, and features country perspectives from our global policy staff in Australia, China, Europe, India and the US.
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21 December 2011
After gaining substantial success in piloting LED streetlights in some of India’s biggest cities, The Climate Group is now working on a pioneering project towards impacting policy level changes for the scale-up of energy efficient LED lighting in two Indian states.
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16 December 2011
The EU has revealed the long awaited Energy Roadmap 2050, which sets out to achieve Europe’s goal of cutting emissions by 80% by 2050 without disrupting energy supplies or the economy, ensuring Europe remains at the forefront of competitive innovation.
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14 December 2011
European delegates from political and business interest groups convened at the Dods’ Brussels Briefing yesterday to discuss issues driving Brussels’ policy agenda, where the spotlight fell firmly on Europe's climate targets.
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12 December 2011
This year’s UN climate conference – the longest to date - concluded in Durban at 6am Sunday morning after a second all night session of negotiating by ministers and senior officials - here's a first reaction to the Durban outcome.
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09 December 2011
As expected the final day of COP17 looks set to go into the early hours of Saturday morning – or indeed longer. Read Damian Ryan's update for Friday, and don't forget to follow his live-tweeting at @ClimateGroup tonight, for news as it happens.
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09 December 2011
A new report by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) says that the Union Government’s plans for 7 million electric vehicles (EVs) on India's roads by 2020 can expect to see a return on investment of between Rs.39,000 crore and Rs.43,000 crore (roughly US $75 million and US $83 million) in the next nine years.
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09 December 2011
Experts from European cities and organizations share their views how to transfer to cleaner, more livable cities, in a series of interviews published in a new publication Smart City Dynamics.
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09 December 2011
The penultimate day of COP17 witnesses the usual frantic activity associated with the last 48 hours of every annual climate conference, as Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group provides his daily round-up of the news from the second week of COP17 in Durban.
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08 December 2011
The Climate Group nrg4SD hosted a UNFCCC side event with leading sub-national governments and businesses to showcase how domestic climate initiatives are being financed at sub-national level, and what is needed from international financing mechanisms at this level in the future.
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08 December 2011
COP17 moved into its final stage today as ministers joined their officials for the final and traditionally most intensive three days of the annual two week conference.
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07 December 2011
Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group, argues that pragmatic and fair solutions for addressing emissions from international aviation and maritime transport exist and that the key to unlocking action lies to a large extent in the hands of developing countries.
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07 December 2011
Cities are wasting the potential of smart technologies by failing to realize the value of their hidden infrastructure and digital assets, according to a report published today by The Climate Group, Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Arup and Horizon Digital Economy Research at The University of Nottingham.
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07 December 2011
Our 1,000 Village Initiative in Guiyang, China was selected as one of the ten worldwide Lighthouse Projects as part of the UN's Momentum for Change, by the UNFCCC Secretariat at an event in Durban, during COP 17.
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06 December 2011
All week Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group ismproviding a daily round-up of the news from the second week of COP17 in Durban, as well as analysis and live tweeting.
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06 December 2011
Philips Lighting and The Climate Group were praised for their joint solar-driven LED street lighting project in China’s Guiyang community at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (COP17) today.
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06 December 2011
Helle Juhler-Verdoner, VP Global Affairs, Environmental Policies & Global Affairs, Alstom, guest posts for us with an update on COP17's progress so far - and what's left to go.
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06 December 2011
On Sunday December 4, The Climate Group hosted a Panel with its State and Regions Alliance government members at the World Climate Ltd Summit, moderated by our CEO Mark Kenber, where it was clear that the sub-national governments are already accelerating low carbon development across the world.
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06 December 2011
Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group is providing a daily round-up of the second week of COP17 in Durban. Week two of COP17 opened with a formal and crowded plenary session, before negotiators once again disappeared behind closed doors to finalise text for ministers later in the week.
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06 December 2011
Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager writes from COP17 in Durban on Renault's new Twizy EV buggy, which is just waiting to be test-driven on location.
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05 December 2011
Members of The Climate Group, Philips and Suntech have both received Gigaton Awards, which celebrate the impressive work many top businesses are doing to limit dangerous climate change and lead the Clean Revolution.
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04 December 2011
As part of our involvement in COP17, Damian Ryan our Senior Policy Manager, will be providing daily news and analysis, and live tweeting from Durban. This is his summary of the key issues and emerging developments of COP17's first week.
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01 December 2011
North Rhine Westphalia Minister Remmel has called for stronger efforts from the federal government towards achieving a new global climate treaty at COP17, as well as transformational climate leadership from the sub-national level.
