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  • EU Commission sets out climate change proposals

    United Kingdom 23.01.2008
    The European Commission put forward a number of ambitious proposals today to tackle climate change, one of the key proposals being to expand and strengthen the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which...
  • Energy Bill: Not just about nuclear

    United Kingdom 11.01.2008
    While many commentators have understandably been focussing on the Government’s announcement on nuclear energy on 10 January, the Energy Bill and the recently published Government Response on the...
  • Government Invites New Nuclear into Energy Mix

    United Kingdom 10.01.2008
    Business Secretary, John Hutton, invited energy companies to submit plans for construction and operation of new nuclear power stations in a statement made in the House of Commons today. The statement...
  • UNFCCC adopts Bali Action Plan

    United Kingdom 17.12.2007
    The Action Plan adopted at Bali on Saturday strongly supports private-sector investment as a means of addressing climate change and recommends incentives for such investment. This will be of interest...
  • Landmark Decision in Bali on Adaptation Fund

    United Kingdom 12.12.2007
    A decision was reached yesterday, 11 December, at the UNFCC summit in Bali on the composition of the Adaptation Fund Board, which will become operational with the start of the Kyoto Protocol’s first...
  • Carbon Capture and Storage in the EU, UK and US

    HungaryPolandUnited Kingdom 07.12.2007
    Given the increasing focus on the reduction of carbon emissions the promotion of new technology and processes is gaining momentum. Against the backdrop of numerous legal, policy and economic instruments...