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Hans De Keulenaer

Future Scenarios - Introduction - 0 views

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climate future peak oil roadmap scenarios

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 02 Jun 08 - Cached
  • The simultaneous onset of climate change and the peaking of global oil supply represent unprecedented challenges for human civilisation. Global oil peak has the potential to shake if not destroy the foundations of global industrial economy and culture. Climate change has the potential to rearrange the biosphere more radically than the last ice age. Each limits the effective options for responses to the other. The strategies for mitigating the adverse effects and/or adapting to the consequences of Climate Change have mostly been considered and discussed in isolation from those relevant to Peak Oil. While awareness of Peak Oil, or at least energy crisis, is increasing, understanding of how these two problems might interact to generate quite different futures, is still at an early state.
Hans De Keulenaer

South Asia - 'CLIMATE SMART' WORLD WITHIN REACH, SAYS WORLD BANK - 0 views

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development climate smart wbrd

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 20 Sep 09 - Cached
  • If developed countries act now, a ‘climate-smart’ world is feasible, and the costs for getting there will be high but still manageable, says a new World Bank report released today. High-income countries also need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle the problem of climate change.
Hans De Keulenaer

Sectoral Approaches in Electricity : Building Bridges to a Safe Climate « RFF... - 2 views

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development iea electricity carbon

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 23 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Electricity accounts for more than 40 % of global energy-related CO2 emissions. This issue is most pressing for developing countries where growth in power demand is particularly high, fueling the risk of irreversible investment in CO2-intensive capacity, the so-called “carbon lock-in”. Sectoral Approaches in Electricity – Building Bridges to a Safe Climate shows how the international climate policy framework could effectively support a transition towards low-CO2 electricity systems in developing countries. Sectoral approaches are intended to address sectors that require urgent actions, without waiting for countries to take nation-wide commitments.
Hans De Keulenaer

New Publication on Chinese Climate Change Policy | Energy Central - 0 views

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china harvard climate multi-level governance

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 19 Feb 20 - Cached
  • But sub-national governments can also significantly advance efforts to mitigate climate change. Provinces and municipalities around the world have indeed undertaken initiatives – sometimes working together across national boundaries – to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. This includes jurisdictions in the largest-emitting countries – China, the United States, and India – as well as in the European Union.
Arabica Robusta

The Anthropocene Myth | Jacobin - 0 views

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renewables wind climate change

shared by Arabica Robusta on 19 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • Who’s driving us toward disaster? A radical answer would be the reliance of capitalists on the extraction and use of fossil energy. Some, however, would rather identify other culprits. The earth has now, we are told, entered “the Anthropocene”: the epoch of humanity. Enormously popular — and accepted even by many Marxist scholars — the Anthropocene concept suggests that humankind is the new geological force transforming the planet beyond recognition, chiefly by burning prodigious amounts of coal, oil, and natural gas.
  • The important thing to note here is the logical structure of the Anthropocene narrative: some universal trait of the species must be driving the geological epoch that is its own, or else it would be a matter of some subset of the species. But the story of human nature can come in many forms, both in the Anthropocene genre and in other parts of climate change discourse.
  • Giving short shrift to all the talk of a universal human evildoer, she writes, “We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe — and would benefit the vast majority — are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.”
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  • So how do the critics respond? “Klein describes the climate crisis as a confrontation between capitalism and the planet,” philosopher John Gray counters in the Guardian. “It would be be more accurate to describe the crisis as a clash between the expanding demands of humankind and a finite world.”
  • It is perfectly logical that advocates of the Anthropocene and associated ways of thinking either champion false solutions that steer clear of challenging fossil capital — such as geoengineering in the case of Mark Lynas and Paul Crutzen, the inventor of the Anthropocene concept — or preach defeat and despair, as in the case of Kingsnorth.
Hans De Keulenaer

Why climate change matters - Iowa Senate Democrats - 0 views

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climate usa

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  • Hans De Keulenaer on 05 Sep 12
     
    The single most important reason that our economy remains sluggish is high gas prices and the high cost of imported oil. We import the same amount of oil into this country as we did in 1997 - but it now costs us nearly $300 billion a year more, a...
Energy Net

Worldchanging: Bright Green: A New, Bold Plan for a Carbon-Neutral UK by 2030 - 0 views

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policy uk

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  • Energy Net on 29 Jun 10
     
    "Carbon neutrality by 2030 is the new standard for climate policies, and again the UK is leading North America in the climate debate with a bold national-level proposal about how to get there. The Centre for Alternative Technology just launched zerocarbonbritain2030 (ZCB2030), a collaborative project showing one possible scenario for making the entire UK carbon-neutral by 2030. ZCB2030 is a well-researched, well-written, and well-designed report on a set of possible pathways to a zero carbon Britain by 2030 (The goal, though bold, is not unique: Alex Steffen called for a very similar position for Seattle, a target which the Seattle City Council has included in their legislative priorities this year; and a variety of other nations and cities are approaching the same target, from Copenhagen to New Zealand). In 384 pages, CAT presents a comprehensive look at the kind of systemic changes needed to achieve dramatic emissions reduction in just 20 years in such areas as farming, energy generation, building codes, transportation planning, and economic frameworks. This report truly addresses the scope, scale and speed of the climate crisis and the solutions needed to create a bright green future. "
Peter Fleming

James Lovelock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views

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shared by Peter Fleming on 10 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Climate and mass human mortality Writing in the British newspaper The Independent in January 2006, Lovelock argues that, as a result of global warming, "billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable" by the end of the 21st century.[20] He has been quoted in The Guardian that 80% of humans will perish by 2100 AD, and this climate change will last 100,000 years.
Hans De Keulenaer

UK climate watchdog warns against raising renewables targets - 1 views

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climate uk renewables targets

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 10 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • The government's climate watchdog today urged the coalition to focus on hitting the UK's renewable energy targets rather than raising them higher.
Energy Net

ENN: Drive less, ditch electric toothbrush: U.N. climate tips - 0 views

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conservation efficiency unep

shared by Energy Net on 08 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Energy Net on 08 Jun 08
     
    ROME (Reuters) - Better insulation at home, less use of the car and even giving up an electric toothbrush can help people in rich nations halve emissions of greenhouse gases, a U.N. report said on Thursday.\n\n"Adopting a climate-friendly lifestyle needn't require drastic changes or major sacrifices," according to the 202-page U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) book entitled "Kick the CO2 Habit: the U.N. Guide to Climate Neutrality".
Colin Bennett

Climate Change = More Heat Waves = More Blackouts « Earth2Tech - 0 views

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climate electricity

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  • Colin Bennett on 11 Jul 08
     
    a report published today in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology details research from scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which estimates that electricity demand could outstrip supply by as much as 17 percent on the hottest days in the coming decades.
Hans De Keulenaer

Tackle Climate Change: European leaders clash over pledges on global warming - 0 views

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crisis recession europe climate sustainability pledges policy

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 13 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Failure is not an option, they say. But Polish veto threats, Italian resistance, and German insistence that it will not jeopardise jobs to help save the planet, suggest that the action plan will be diluted. The risk is the EU will draw withering criticism from climate campaigners and signal weakness and indecision to the US, China, India and other key players in the global warming fight.
Energy Net

ENN: LCD Chemical Found to Have 17,000 Times the Climate Impact of CO2. - 0 views

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climate change ecology

shared by Energy Net on 12 Jul 08 - Cached
  • Energy Net on 12 Jul 08
     
    Dubbed the "missing greenhouse gas," nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) was found by a recent study to have a global climate impact 17,000 times greater than carbon dioxide. The chemical is found in the LCD panels of cell phones, televisions, and computer monitors, as well as in semiconductors and synthetic diamonds. The chemical is not one of the greenhouse gases monitored by the Kyoto Protocol, due to the fact that LCDs were not produced in significant quantities when it was drafted.
Sergio Ferreira

Report from "brave" Lithuania: more climate change please? « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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change climate targets

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 12 Feb 08 - Cached
  • Renewables now accounts for about  8% of Lithuania’s energy consumption (see the Commission’s DG Energy’s fact sheet on Lithuania’s renewable energy situation of 2007). In its latest renewable energy proposal of 23 January 2008, the Commission has set a very ambitious target of 23% of renewables to be reached by Lithuania in 2020.
Hans De Keulenaer

Winners and Losers in the EU- Climate Package | Leonardo ENERGY - 0 views

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climate energy efficiency europe latvia poland renewables sweden

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 04 Feb 08 - Cached
  • Many countries have an intense debate about their opportunities to meet the new obligations in the EU Climate and Energy Package, especially the part that deals with the required quota of renewable fuels. Sweden and Latvia has lobbied heavily claiming that they already have done so much and already have a high share. Poland has dug their heels into the ground, wishing to expand, rather than reduce, the use of coal. Some of the reactions are clearly rhetorical to show the own voters that “we are defending your interests”. But where are the real winners and losers?
Sergio Ferreira

Brussels: Nuclear is a solution for climate change - 0 views

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change climate nuclear

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 17 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Nuclear energy makes an important contribution to our fight against climate change and our security of energy supply
  • In order to make the necessary investments possible, the commission is examining ways to address the difficulties related to licensing, financing and different nuclear liability regimes.
Hans De Keulenaer

Welcome to brave new world « 3E Intelligence - 0 views

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2050 climate future roadmap

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 05 May 08 - Cached
  • It does not happen often that I agree with the American Enterprise Institute but Steven Hayward’s analysis of the “real cost of tackling climate change” in the Wall Street Journal of 28 April is spot on: an 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 will have dramatic implications for our way of life. Hayward has at least the courage (which cannot be said for our politicians) to tell the public what this 80% cut will mean for citizens’ daily lives. In not one political document have I ever seen a serious impact assessment of the 80% target. The fear of being the bearer of bad news is one which characterises all policymakers (even the ones who know that the climate crisis will hit hard).
Hans De Keulenaer

Trees Are Not The Answer To Climate Change : Environmental Graffiti - 0 views

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carbon climate sinks

shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 04 Jan 08 - Cached
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 04 Jan 08
     
    What was once seen as the solution to all our CO2 problems, the ability of trees to soak up anthropogenic carbon dioxide, trees has itself been hindered by global warming.
Colin Bennett

EU executive unveils blueprint for climate fight | Environment | Reuters - 0 views

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europe climate reuters

shared by Colin Bennett on 23 Jan 08 - Cached
  • BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive met on Wednesday to adopt landmark proposals that will make the 27-nation bloc a leader in the fight against climate change, but tradeoffs will include higher energy bills.
Sergio Ferreira

Commission scrambling to finalise battered climate plans | EU - European Information on... - 0 views

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climate europe planning

shared by Sergio Ferreira on 21 Jan 08 - Cached
  • Industry groups, such as the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) and BusinessEurope, are pushing for the continued allocation of a set amount of free permits, arguing that full auctioning of permits would be too costly and would drive factories and jobs out of the EU
  • Over the weekend (20 January), one Commission official confirmed the plans, saying that the EU's aluminium, steel and cement industries would only be subjected to full permit auctioning gradually over a period of several years, reported Reuters.
  • But the EU executive may scrap certain elements of its original plans, including the idea to force member states that fail to reach interim targets to grant third country companies access to domestic renewables support schemes, according to ENDS Europe. 
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