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A Guide to the Climate Negotiations in Nairobi

02 November 2006

The Climate Negotiations are held in Nairobi, 6-17 November 2006. Unless governments instill some urgency in the post-2012 negotiations as well as seriously dealing with Adaptation, they will be wasting the precious little time we have to act to prevent the worst of climate impacts and the untold human suffering and economic damage it will entail. Delegations have been entrusted with a critical task - to develop and agree an adequate response to the climate challenge we all face.

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Renewable Energy and Climate Change

05 November 2007

It is a truism that we cannot continue forever consuming the earth’s finite energy resources. In the long term, the world’s energy system will be supplied completely by renewable energy sources. Unfortunately ‘in the long term’ isn’t good enough.

Updated (Was originally published for the Climate Negotiations in Nairobi, 6-17th November, 2006.)

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Solar Generation - 3rd Edition

06 September 2006

Solar power can deliver electricity to more than 2 billion people, provide over 2 million jobs with an annual investment of 113 billion Euros by 2025, reveals the joint report, ‘SolarGeneration’, released by Greenpeace International and the European Photovoltaic Industry Association. The market report also explains that 350 million tonnes of CO2 emissions would be cut - the equivalent amount from 140 coal power stations and by 2040, solar electricity could provide over 16 percent of the global demand.

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Concentrated Solar Thermal Power - Now!

07 October 2005

Solar thermal power is a relatively new technology which has already shown enormous promise. With few environmental impacts and a massive resource, it offers a comparable opportunity to the sunniest countries of the world as offshore wind farms are currently offering to European nations with the windiest shorelines. By 2040 more than 5% of the world’s electricity demand could be satisfied by solar thermal power.

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