News: Archive for December, 2009
‘SINGAPORE Reuters – While nations bicker over the size of emissions cuts and climate funds, saving forests has turned out to be among the least contentious issues in U.N. climate talks and has achieved the most progress.’
via Forest carbon scheme hopes for green light in Copenhagen | Green Business | Reuters.
‘On November 26, 2009, China announced it would adopt a domestically-binding goal of cutting carbon intensity–the amount of carbon dioxide it emits per unit of GDP–by 40-45 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. It also reiterated previous goals of increasing its share of primary energy produced from renewable fuels and nuclear energy to 15 percent by 2020, and of increasing forest volume by 1.3 billion cubic meters over that period while increasing forest cover by 40 million hectares.’
via Assessing China’s Carbon-Cutting Proposal – Council on Foreign Relations.