The Climate Group

COP 16 (Mexico): How it could succeed

Date

31 March 2010

Thurstan Wright, Analyst, The Climate Group, discusses factors that could determine whether COP 16 will be a step in the right direction.
Hong Kong poised to overtake China in low-carbon goals

Date

30 March 2010

According to a new report commissioned by The Climate Group, Hong Kong has the opportunity to adopt or overshoot China’s target of reducing carbon intensity by 2020.
The US Needs to Price Carbon - and Soon

Date

24 March 2010

Amidst one of the most partisan political climates of this generation and conventional wisdom that insists US climate and energy policy is dead, Senators Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC), and Lieberman (I-CT) will present their new, tri-partisan climate and energy bill to fellow Senators this week.
UK Opposition Party publish energy and climate policy paper

Date

23 March 2010

Just weeks ahead of an expected national election, the UK’s Conservative Party has released plans for a ‘radical overhaul’ of Britain’s energy policy should they be elected to government.
International climate finance: key to a global deal

Date

23 March 2010

Financing to address the impacts and causes of climate change was one of the success stories of Copenhagen; having made the commitment, the challenge now facing the international community is agreeing how exactly to deliver and transparently use the funds.
Greenhouse gas emissions down 1.6 per cent this summer in Australia's eastern states

Date

21 March 2010

Emissions from energy use in Australia's Eastern States have fallen this summer by 1.6 per cent or 1.2 million tonnes according to a new Climate Group report published today.
US Broadband Plan: Rewired for a clean energy economy

Date

18 March 2010

This week, the US Federal Communications Commission sent the National Broadband Plan to the White House. It puts a better communications infrastructure at the heart of solutions to multiple societal challenges, including energy and climate change.
Climate Group welcomes UK government decision to fund UK’s first commercial scale CCS demonstration plant

Date

12 March 2010

DECC has today awarded funding to Scottish Power and E.oN to build one of the world's first commercial scale CCS demonstration plants in the UK.
The Paris Statement: Innovation and the green economy in Europe after Copenhagen

Date

06 March 2010

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.
Clean Energy and Urban Infrastructure: India’s way forward

Date

05 March 2010

The Union Budget of India for 2010-2011 is a clear indication of the operationalization of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, and "conveys the government’s serious intent to walk the talk on climate change".
Paris Statement of European Regions

Date

04 March 2010

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.
Taobao.com joins The Climate Group

Date

03 March 2010

Taobao.com - Asia’s biggest online business platform - joins The Climate Group's global leadership coalition today, aiming to help 170 million Asians adopt low carbon life-styles.
IIGCC Chair: Strong policy will drive private sector investment in low carbon solutions

Date

02 March 2010

The single most significant driver of private sector investment in climate change solutions is strong, stable, transparent and credible policy, writes Peter Dunscombe, Chairman of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC).