Tagged: EU

Europe looks to bolder targets - Hot Topic

Bryan Walker • Feb 22, 2011 •

• carbon,
• Climate business,
• Climate politics,
• EU,
• targets,
• UK

No doubt the New Zealand climate change minister will point out that the New Zealand’s emissions profile is different from that of the EU and that the exchanges about reduction targets that have been taking place in Europe in recent days therefore have little relevance for us. Nevertheless I have taken heart from reading about [...] … Read More

The answer, my friend… - Hot Topic

Bryan Walker • Sep 13, 2010 •

• China,
• Climate business,
• Climate politics,
• EU,
• nz,
• renewable,
• Solar,
• USA,
• Wind

Some encouraging facts and figures are provided in an interview with the CEO of the European Wind Energy Association, Christian Kjaer, by Yale Environment 360. For the past two years 40 per cent of all new electricity generating capacity in Europe came from wind turbines. (Add solar and other renewables and that rises to 63 [...] … Read More