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Greenpeace briefing: Kyoto and the Bali Mandate: what the world needs to do to combat climate change

22 November 2007

As the next international meeting on the Kyoto Protocol approaches (Bali, December 3-14, 2007), this briefing sets out Greenpeace's detailed demands on what Governments need to agree - in order to keep global temperatures below two degrees centigrade.

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Saving the climate: Quit nuclear madness - Energy Revolution Now!

11 November 2007

Humanity faces the challenge of halving global greenhouse gas emissions before 2050 to stave off potentially irreversible climate change. Nuclear power is a distraction. Its potential is too limited, it is too costly and it takes too long to deliver. It adds to problems of radioactive waste disposal and undermines international security by fuelling nuclear weapons proliferation. Forget talk of a “nuclear renaissance”: if there ever was a “nuclear era”, it has been consigned to the rubbish bin of history.

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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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Energy [R]evolution - Executive Summary

27 October 2008

This is a 16 page summary of the report that provides a blueprint showing how to apply existing technologies to halve global CO2 emissions by 2050, whilst allowing for an increase in energy consumption. The report is divided into 10 regional reports, with a global summary. It demonstrates how a 'business as usual' scenario is not an option if we are to attain a secure and stable energy supply.

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