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The world needs a “low-carbon revolution” to decarbonise the power sector and reduce industry emissions if it wants to meet the goal of cutting CO2 emissions in half by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA this week released two reports — “Energy technology transitions for industry: Strategies
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Ten London boroughs chosen as “low-carbon zones” will receive at least £200,000 each to train citizens as “energy doctors,” set up electric-car charging points, improve energy efficiency and launch other green initiatives. London Mayor Boris Johnson announced the winning boroughs at the London Congress at the Guildhall. The 10
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The Carbon Trust is improving access to more than £100 million in interest-free and unsecured loans for small and medium-sized businesses. The move is aimed at helping more businesses survive the recession by cutting both their energy costs and their carbon footprints. Thousands of small businesses have already slashed their
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The business-to-university support service i10 is offering a Low Carbon Collaboration Award of £5,000 to East of England businesses seeking to reduce their carbon footprints and establish green credentials. The award is designed to recognise the carbon reduction efforts of innovative companies that tap the wealth of experience and
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The Carbon Trust and the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation (CECIC) have signed a £10 million agreement to develop and deploy low carbon technologies in China. As a joint venture to accelerate low-carbon innovation and technology transfer in China, the agreement is expected to both help reduce global carbon emissions
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Fifty-two major companies have joined forces with other organisations and experts to form a new low-carbon prosperity Task Force. Prime Minister Gordon Brown had issued an invitation for organisations to create such a task force during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos earlier this year. The new group aims
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National Grid today called for a master plan to determine the UK’s route-map to a low-carbon economy. The electricity-gas company also announced that, as of 1 April, it will also implement new internal carbon budgets for performance management. Its goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent
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UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is calling on firms to demonstrate a “new industrial activism” to help Britain achieve low-carbon competitiveness. In a speech at the Cumbria Economic Forum last week, Mandelson addressed the need to not only stabilise the economy but to have Britain “fight back” to create a
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We’ve all heard plenty about how people in developing countries are eager to catch up to the developed-nation lifestyle: fast food, cars, mobile phones, big-screen TVs, etc. But a new study by the consulting giant Accenture finds an intriguing difference between the populations: citizens of developing economies are apparently
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Manufacturers are urging the government to ditch specific renewable energy targets – focusing on the likes of wind and wave power – in favour of a broader low-carbon energy policy that encourages the expansion of clean coal and nuclear power. A report published today by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says the government must
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The UK government claims hundreds of thousands of ‘green collar jobs’ can be created by putting investment in the manufacture and production of low carbon technology. Business minister John Hutton has set out a new strategy today for the UK manufacturing industry, setting out how it can ride out the
