Content tagged: EU

Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group, and Luc Bas, Head of Government Relations for The Climate Group, write an op-ed on The Climate Group’s States and Regions leadership in June's edition of Europe’s 'Parliament Magazine'...

Leaders from the G8 and G20 will meet this weekend in Ontario, Canada...

The Climate Group's Thurstan Wright reports on policies and legislation being adopted in the US, EU and China to accelerate the scale up and deployment of electric vehicles...

The Climate Group, The Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change and WWF Climate Savers Programme have today published a joint declaration to EU institutions and ministers to highlight the economic and strategic benefits of advancing their current 20 per cent greenhouse gas emissions reduction target...

BNP Paribas have announced that they have signed the Climate Principles...

The Climate Group and the German state of North Rhine Westphalia hosted a high-level international summit on the sidelines of the UN’s mid-term climate talks in Bonn, Germany...

The Climate Group launches a new Government members website...

During the June 2010 UNFCCC negotiating session held in Bonn, Germany, The Climate Group in partnership with the State of North Rhine Westphalia is holding a meeting of subnational governments and leading international businesses...

The Climate Group and the Île de France-Paris Region hosted a high level conference with Government and business to discuss eco-innovation strategies and opportunities in the challenging context of the post-Copenhagen climate summit...

The Climate Group and representatives of Europe’s most powerful regional governments have sent a joint statement to EU leaders today to warn that more ambitious EU climate and energy policies will be essential to powering Europe’s future competitiveness, growth and jobs.

Following the UN climate Summit in Copenhagen, The Centre and The Climate Group convened a high-level panel in Brussels this week to discuss how the EU and the US should engage China in a dialogue on climate change...

The Climate Group and a number of other NGOs and industry groups have written to the Presidents of the European Council, European Commission, and European Parliament ahead of the European Summit this week...

Representatives from sub-national governments and business leaders from major power companies and renewable energy developers yesterday came to two major conclusions...

Representatives from the world's largest developers of clearn technologies - China, the US and Europe - agreed that a global framework was urgent to speed up technology transfer...

Friday's EU Council's pledge of 2.4 billion a year for the next 3 years to help developing countries combat climate change sent a message of hope to next week's negotiations - but on the more important issue of the mid-term finance package the EU failed to come up with concrete numbers...

At The Climate Group's first continental Europe members meeting, over 60 representatives of business and regional government across Europe called for EU leadership at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

A leading German industrial center, North Rhine-Westphalia's government is committed to lead also in the low carbon economy.

The region of Ile-de-France, which contains the Paris metropolitan area, has signed on as our first full French-European member.

LOS ANGELES - Speaking at the second Global Governor's Summit last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told delegates that, while nations continue to negotiate a global agreement on climate change, state and regional governments are taking action and making real progress in tackling climate change...

The Premier said that because sub-national and local governments together will need to deliver up to 80 per cent of the cuts needed to global greenhouse gas emissions, many cities, states and provinces around the world were already acting on this responsibility.

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Rt Hon Tony Blair, and The Climate Group CEO Steve Howard are taking part in the Climate Week NY°C opening ceremony today. Lead climate change negotiators from the U.S., China, India and Denmark - as well as luminaries from business, subnational government, and civil society - will also participate....

Mark Kenber, International Policy Director of the Climate Group, says: "The survey's findings counter concern - particularly in the US - that climate policies can lead to significant costs to business..."

The Climate Group has launched a ground-breaking LED pilot project in New York City to assess potential of this low carbon technology in curbing urban greenhouse gas pollution and cutting energy costs, while making cities brighter and safer at night.

New Agreements signed with the United Nations Development Program

Recognizing that local and subnational governments are and will continue to be responsible for implementing up to 80% of mitigation and adaptation actions, the initiative in Bonn this week will go a long way to ensuring the road after Copenhagen will be a success.

Day 2 of the World Business Summit on Climate Change - a gathering of top business leaders, policy makers, negotiators, experts and scientists - was dominated by the working group sessions focusing on the means to achieve a rapid transition to a low carbon economy...

Finnair and Qatar Airways have announced that they are joining the Aviation Global Deal (AGD) Group...

Decentralising and strengthening co-operation between the European and African regions can play a vital role in tackling climate change. This was the main message from the conference organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 31st of March...

Mark Kenber, Policy Director at The Climate Group said: "Now is not the time to step back from taking firm positions; indeed countries need urgently to start working together on how, not whether, they will reach an agreement in Copenhagen that will put the world firmly on a low carbon path."

The Voluntary Carbon Standard Association (VCSA) has today launched its revolutionary global registry and project database system. It is the first multiple registry system to launch in the $330m voluntary carbon market.

The Climate Group, in collaboration with Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and the Royal Danish Embassy, convened government and business leaders at "Switching Gears": a summit on bringing low carbon manufacturing jobs and industry to the Midwest region. At the meeting, leaders from Michigan and Denmark signed a MoU agreeing to share knowledge and learning en route to the new energy economy.

The Climate Group, in collaboration with Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and the Royal Danish Embassy, today convened government and business leaders at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to discuss how to bring low carbon manufacturing jobs and industry to the Midwestern region....

North Rhine-Westphalia is leading the charge to scale up electric transport in Germany...

On 6 February, business and government members of The Climate Group gathered to discuss the implications of a global deal on climate change on business operations in Europe....

The Climate Group's policy director Mark Kenber gave a cautious welcome to the Climate and Energy package agreed by EU Heads of Government in Brussels on December 12th.

State and regional governments from all corners of the world today committed to setting targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency as part of a comprehensive "statement of action" to accelerate low carbon policies....

Better Place, a company whose mobility operator model aims to revolutionise low carbon transport, has joined The Climate Group...

A group of major international financial institutions has joined with The Climate Group to launch a new code to guide best practice across the sector to deal with the risks and opportunities of climate change.

The HSBC Climate Confidence Monitor 2008 - a survey of 12,000 people across 12 countries worldwide - reveals 78% of respondents want their countries to take on their 'fair share' in reducing global {CO2} emissions.

The °Climate Group has welcomed the news that G8 leaders have agreed a long-term target of halving global emissions by 2050 but cautioned that this must just be the beginning of further concerted work over the next 18 months...

Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has today announced a major new climate change initiative: Breaking the Climate Deadlock - achieving a global deal on climate change. The Climate Group - an independent, not-for-profit organisation working internationally with government and business leaders - is providing strategic international support for this new initiative...

Saving energy means saving money - so why isn't everyone doing it, asks The °Climate Group's Emily Farnworth in her latest article on climatechangecorp.com...

Climate change shot to the top of global agenda in 2007. The °Climate Group pauses to consider the ground covered in 2007 - and to assess the challenges and the events that await us in 2008...

The °Climate Group welcomed Europe's new climate change package announced yesterday and hailed it as a bold lead for the rest of the world to follow....

Regional climate commitments send positive environmental and economic signals to global leaders in Bali...

Speaking at an event in the European Parliament, CEO Steve Howard said: "As momentum builds towards a successor to Kyoto, EU leaders have a unique opportunity to lead the world in growing a low carbon economy."

The Green Power Market Development Group - Europe (GPMDG-EU) has announced the completion of its first 100 megawatts (MW) of green power projects at 50 corporate facilities across 16 European countries

A new report launched today by The °Climate Group - In the Black: The Growth of the Low Carbon Economy - showcases the rapid growth experienced by companies providing innovative low carbon products and services...

The Climate Group has produced a briefing note outlining the top ten steps organisations can take to motivate employees on climate change. The tips are based on conversations with member companies taking a leadership position on engaging employees, such as Sky, BT and Swiss Re...

North Rhine Westphalia is the westernmost Federal State of Germany, has a population of over 18 million and the region contributes some 22 percent of Germany's gross domestic product.

European Union leaders have agreed to adopt a binding target on the use of renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, officials say.

Dr. Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group - an organisation dedicated to advancing business and government leadership on climate change - will facilitate a business leader panel featuring Jim Rogers (CEO, Duke/Cinergy), Roger Ferguson (Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding), Sir Richard Branson (CEO, Virgin), Joe Pettus (Senior Vice President, Fuel & Energy Operations, Safeway) and Rick Lazio (Government Relations, JP Morgan)...

Huge savings have been made from companies' efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and by becoming more energy efficient, according to findings in The Climate Group's 2005 Carbon Down Profits Up, released today...

As 20 of the world's most important cities gather in London today (Tues 4th Oct 2005) to discuss climate change at C20:The World Cities Leadership Summit, The Climate Group has released a comprehensive report on what key cities are doing to cut their emissions of the greenhouse gases (GHG). The publication looks in detail at 15 major cities that have taken a leadership role - what their GHG emissions are currently; what their targets are and examples on how they are delivering on these targets.